Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary of Buckish slang, University wit, and Pick Pocket eloquence. ... Altered and enlarged ... by a member of the Whip Club1811 |
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... HEAD CLUB . A club instituted by the Indepen- dents and Presbyterians , to commemorate the decapitation of King Charles I. Their chief fare was calves heads ; and they drank their wine and ale out of calves skulls . CALIBOGUS . Rum and ...
... HEAD CLUB . A club instituted by the Indepen- dents and Presbyterians , to commemorate the decapitation of King Charles I. Their chief fare was calves heads ; and they drank their wine and ale out of calves skulls . CALIBOGUS . Rum and ...
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... head . To mill his cannister ; to break his head . CANNIKEN , the plague . A small can : also , in the canting sense , CANT . An hypocrite , a double - tongue palavering fellow . See PALAVEr . CANT . To cant ; to toss or throw : as ...
... head . To mill his cannister ; to break his head . CANNIKEN , the plague . A small can : also , in the canting sense , CANT . An hypocrite , a double - tongue palavering fellow . See PALAVEr . CANT . To cant ; to toss or throw : as ...
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... HEADS . A woman's breasts . Sea phrase . TO CAT , or SHOOT THE CAT . To vomit from drunkenness . CAT AND BAGPIPEAN SOCIETY . A society which met at their office in the great western road : in their summons , published in the daily ...
... HEADS . A woman's breasts . Sea phrase . TO CAT , or SHOOT THE CAT . To vomit from drunkenness . CAT AND BAGPIPEAN SOCIETY . A society which met at their office in the great western road : in their summons , published in the daily ...
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... head of the clan ; the chief : an allu- sion to a story of a Scotchman , who , when a very large louse crept down his arm , put him back again , saying he was the head of the clan , and that , if injured , all the rest would resent it ...
... head of the clan ; the chief : an allu- sion to a story of a Scotchman , who , when a very large louse crept down his arm , put him back again , saying he was the head of the clan , and that , if injured , all the rest would resent it ...
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... head . It also means a handker- chief . Cant . Any pocket handkerchief except a silk one . CLOUTED SHOON . Shoes tipped with iron . CLOUTING LAY . Picking pockets of handkerchiefs . CLOVER . To be , or live , in clover ; to live ...
... head . It also means a handker- chief . Cant . Any pocket handkerchief except a silk one . CLOUTED SHOON . Shoes tipped with iron . CLOUTING LAY . Picking pockets of handkerchiefs . CLOVER . To be , or live , in clover ; to live ...
Parole e frasi comuni
a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT brandy breeches BROWN BESS bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat child clothes cock cove cuckold cull darkmans Devil dice DOG LATIN dram drink drunk Exchange Alley eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK jocular king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor married mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play pocket practised pretend prison prostitute QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea phrase Sea term sham sharper signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife wine woman women word young