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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... follows women in general , without any particular attachment . DAPPER FELLOW . A smart , well - made , little man . DARBIES . Fetters . Cant . DARBY . Ready money . Cant . DARK DARK CULLY . A married man that keeps a mistress DAR.
... follows women in general , without any particular attachment . DAPPER FELLOW . A smart , well - made , little man . DARBIES . Fetters . Cant . DARBY . Ready money . Cant . DARK DARK CULLY . A married man that keeps a mistress DAR.
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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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