Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... keep him in subjection : an image drawn from a cock , who crows over a vanquished enemy . To pluck a crow ; to reprove any one for a fault committed , to settle a dispute . To strut like a crow in a gutter ; to walk proudly , or with an ...
... keep him in subjection : an image drawn from a cock , who crows over a vanquished enemy . To pluck a crow ; to reprove any one for a fault committed , to settle a dispute . To strut like a crow in a gutter ; to walk proudly , or with an ...
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... keep him- self warm in frosty weather ; called also Beating the booby . CUFFIN . A man . CULL . A man , honest or otherwise . A bob cull ; a good- natured , quiet fellow . Cant . CULLABILITY . A disposition liable to be cheated , an un ...
... keep him- self warm in frosty weather ; called also Beating the booby . CUFFIN . A man . CULL . A man , honest or otherwise . A bob cull ; a good- natured , quiet fellow . Cant . CULLABILITY . A disposition liable to be cheated , an un ...
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... keeps a mistress , whom he visits only at night , for fear of discovery . DARKEE . A dark lanthorn used by housebreakers . Stow the darkee , and bolt , the cove of the crib is fly ; hide the dark lanthorn , and run away , the master of ...
... keeps a mistress , whom he visits only at night , for fear of discovery . DARKEE . A dark lanthorn used by housebreakers . Stow the darkee , and bolt , the cove of the crib is fly ; hide the dark lanthorn , and run away , the master of ...
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... keep all the inside to one's self , i . e . to turn her into the street . Do. To do any one ; to rob and cheat him . I have done him ; I have robbed him . Also to overcome in a boxing match : witness those laconic lines written on the ...
... keep all the inside to one's self , i . e . to turn her into the street . Do. To do any one ; to rob and cheat him . I have done him ; I have robbed him . Also to overcome in a boxing match : witness those laconic lines written on the ...
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... keep your guts warm ; the Devil loves hot tripes . TO FLASH THE HASH . To vomit . " Cant . FLASH KEN . A house that harbours thieves . FLASH LINGO . The canting or slang language . FLASH MAN . A bully to a bawdy house . A whore's bully ...
... keep your guts warm ; the Devil loves hot tripes . TO FLASH THE HASH . To vomit . " Cant . FLASH KEN . A house that harbours thieves . FLASH LINGO . The canting or slang language . FLASH MAN . A bully to a bawdy house . A whore's bully ...
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a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle 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 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 Pot valiant 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 Tyburn venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife wine woman women word young