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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... hold upon him . A Smithfield hank ; an ox , rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment . See BULL HANK . HANKER . To hanker after any thing ; to have a longing after or for it . HANS IN KELDER . Jack in the cellar , i . e ...
... hold upon him . A Smithfield hank ; an ox , rendered furious by overdriving and barbarous treatment . See BULL HANK . HANKER . To hanker after any thing ; to have a longing after or for it . HANS IN KELDER . Jack in the cellar , i . e ...
Pagina
... hold to be no robbery . See REVERSED . HOITY - TOITY . A hoity - toity wench ; a giddy , thoughtless , romping girl . HOLBORN HILL . To ride backwards up Holborn hill ; to go to the gallows the way to Tyburn , the place of exe- cution ...
... hold to be no robbery . See REVERSED . HOITY - TOITY . A hoity - toity wench ; a giddy , thoughtless , romping girl . HOLBORN HILL . To ride backwards up Holborn hill ; to go to the gallows the way to Tyburn , the place of exe- cution ...
Pagina
... holds any thing as if he was afraid of losing it . HUGGER MUGGER . By stealth , privately , without making an appearance . They spent their money in a hugger mug- ger way . HUGOTONTHEON BIQUIFFINARIANS . A society existing in 1748 ...
... holds any thing as if he was afraid of losing it . HUGGER MUGGER . By stealth , privately , without making an appearance . They spent their money in a hugger mug- ger way . HUGOTONTHEON BIQUIFFINARIANS . A society existing in 1748 ...
Pagina
... hold of . IRON . Money in general . To polish the king's iron with one's eyebrows ; to look out of grated or prison win- dows , or , as the Irishman expresses them , the iron glass windows . Iron doublet ; a prison . See STONE DOUBLET ...
... hold of . IRON . Money in general . To polish the king's iron with one's eyebrows ; to look out of grated or prison win- dows , or , as the Irishman expresses them , the iron glass windows . Iron doublet ; a prison . See STONE DOUBLET ...
Pagina
... hold forth when conventicles were prohibited , and had made himself a retreat by means of a trap door at the bottom of his pulpit . Once being pursu ed by the officers of justice , they followed him through divers subterraneous passages ...
... hold forth when conventicles were prohibited , and had made himself a retreat by means of a trap door at the bottom of his pulpit . Once being pursu ed by the officers of justice , they followed him through divers subterraneous passages ...
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