Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... hanged at Newgate . COLLEGE COVE . TheCollege cove has numbered him , and if he is knocked down he'll be twisted ; the turnkey of Newgate has told the judge how many times the prisoner has been tried before , and therefore if he is ...
... hanged at Newgate . COLLEGE COVE . TheCollege cove has numbered him , and if he is knocked down he'll be twisted ; the turnkey of Newgate has told the judge how many times the prisoner has been tried before , and therefore if he is ...
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... hanged . Cant . COLT . One who lets horses to highwaymen ; also a boy new . ly initiated into roguery ; a grand or petty juryman on his , first assize . Cant . COLTAGE . A fine or beverage paid by colts on their first en tering into ...
... hanged . Cant . COLT . One who lets horses to highwaymen ; also a boy new . ly initiated into roguery ; a grand or petty juryman on his , first assize . Cant . COLTAGE . A fine or beverage paid by colts on their first en tering into ...
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... hanged . Cropped , hanged . CROPPING DRUMS . Drummers of the foot guards , or Chel- sea hospital , who find out weddings , and beat a point of war to serenade the new married couple , and thereby ob- tain money . CROPPEN . The tail ...
... hanged . Cropped , hanged . CROPPING DRUMS . Drummers of the foot guards , or Chel- sea hospital , who find out weddings , and beat a point of war to serenade the new married couple , and thereby ob- tain money . CROPPEN . The tail ...
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... hanged . DANCERS . Stairs . DANDY . That's the dandy ; i . e . the ton , the clever thing ; an expression of similar import to " That's the barber . " See BARBER . DANDY GREY RUSSET . A dirty brown . His coat's dandy grey russet , the ...
... hanged . DANCERS . Stairs . DANDY . That's the dandy ; i . e . the ton , the clever thing ; an expression of similar import to " That's the barber . " See BARBER . DANDY GREY RUSSET . A dirty brown . His coat's dandy grey russet , the ...
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... hanged because he could not bribe . All bedawbed with lace ; all over lace . DAY LIGHTS . Eyes . To darken his day lights , or sow up his sees ; to close up a man's eyes in boxing . DEAD CARGO . A term used by thieves , when they are ...
... hanged because he could not bribe . All bedawbed with lace ; all over lace . DAY LIGHTS . Eyes . To darken his day lights , or sow up his sees ; to close up a man's eyes in boxing . DEAD CARGO . A term used by thieves , when they are ...
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