Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... Formerly purses were worn at the girdle , from whence they were cut . Boose , or BOUSE . Drink . BOOSEY . Drunk . BOWSING KEN . An ale - house or gin - shop . BOWSPRIT . The nose , from its being the most projecting part of the human ...
... Formerly purses were worn at the girdle , from whence they were cut . Boose , or BOUSE . Drink . BOOSEY . Drunk . BOWSING KEN . An ale - house or gin - shop . BOWSPRIT . The nose , from its being the most projecting part of the human ...
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... formerly used for doctors ' robes , whence they were called budge doctors . Standing budge ; a thief's scout or spy . TO BUDGE . To move , or quit one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e . don't move from hence , stay here ...
... formerly used for doctors ' robes , whence they were called budge doctors . Standing budge ; a thief's scout or spy . TO BUDGE . To move , or quit one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e . don't move from hence , stay here ...
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... formerly much worn by women . To look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An ...
... formerly much worn by women . To look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An ...
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... formerly worn by women , to stiffen the fore part of their stays : hence the toast - Both ends of the busk . BUSS BEGGAR . An old superannuated fumbler , whom none but beggars will suffer to kiss them . BUS - NAPPER . A constable . Cunt ...
... formerly worn by women , to stiffen the fore part of their stays : hence the toast - Both ends of the busk . BUSS BEGGAR . An old superannuated fumbler , whom none but beggars will suffer to kiss them . BUS - NAPPER . A constable . Cunt ...
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... formerly inflicted on bawds , who were placed in a tumbrel or cart , and led through a town , that their persons might be known . CARVEL'S RING . The private parts of a woman . Ham Carvel , a jealous old doctor , being in bed with his ...
... formerly inflicted on bawds , who were placed in a tumbrel or cart , and led through a town , that their persons might be known . CARVEL'S RING . The private parts of a woman . Ham Carvel , a jealous old doctor , being in bed with his ...
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a-se allusion appellation Bartholomew Fair bawd bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT breeches bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat clothes COCK cove Covent Garden cuckold cull Devil dice DOG LATIN dram dressed drink drunk eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give goose guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK jocular king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor man's mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play plump pocket practised pretend prison prostitute public house QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea term sham sharper shoes signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife woman word young