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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Pagina
... IRON . A sword , or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing . I gave him two inches of cold iron into his beef . COLD MEAT . A dead wife is the best cold meat in a man's house . COLD PIG . To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on ...
... IRON . A sword , or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing . I gave him two inches of cold iron into his beef . COLD MEAT . A dead wife is the best cold meat in a man's house . COLD PIG . To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on ...
Pagina
... iron hook at the end , to pluck clothes from an hedge , or any thing out of a casement . Filcher ; the same as angler . Filching cove ; a man thief . Filching mort ; a woman thief . A FILE , FILE CLOY , or BUNGNIPPER . A pick pocket ...
... iron hook at the end , to pluck clothes from an hedge , or any thing out of a casement . Filcher ; the same as angler . Filching cove ; a man thief . Filching mort ; a woman thief . A FILE , FILE CLOY , or BUNGNIPPER . A pick pocket ...
Pagina
... iron , on the back of a beggar's hand , as if hurt by the bite or kick of a horse . FOOTY DESPICABLE . A footy fellow , a despicable fellow ; from the French foutüe . FORE FOOT , OTPAW . Give us your fore foot ; give us your hand ...
... iron , on the back of a beggar's hand , as if hurt by the bite or kick of a horse . FOOTY DESPICABLE . A footy fellow , a despicable fellow ; from the French foutüe . FORE FOOT , OTPAW . Give us your fore foot ; give us your hand ...
Pagina
... iron used to press down the seams , for which purpose it must be heated : hence it is a jocular saying , that a taylor , be he ever so poor , is always sure to have a goose at his fire . He can- not say boh to a goose ; a saying of a ...
... iron used to press down the seams , for which purpose it must be heated : hence it is a jocular saying , that a taylor , be he ever so poor , is always sure to have a goose at his fire . He can- not say boh to a goose ; a saying of a ...
Pagina
... IRONS . Handcuffs . GRAVE DIGGER . Like a grave digger ; up to the a - se in business , and don't know which way to turn . GRAVY - EYED . Blear - eyed , one whose eyes have a running humour . TO GREASE . To bribe . To grease a man in ...
... IRONS . Handcuffs . GRAVE DIGGER . Like a grave digger ; up to the a - se in business , and don't know which way to turn . GRAVY - EYED . Blear - eyed , one whose eyes have a running humour . TO GREASE . To bribe . To grease a man in ...
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