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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Francis Grose. King's Bench , where , for the convenience of prisoners re- siding thereabouts , beer purchased at the tap - house was retailed at a halfpenny per pot advance . It was kept by two brothers of the name of Partridge , and ...
Francis Grose. King's Bench , where , for the convenience of prisoners re- siding thereabouts , beer purchased at the tap - house was retailed at a halfpenny per pot advance . It was kept by two brothers of the name of Partridge , and ...
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... King Charles I. Their chief fare was calves heads ; and they drank their wine and ale out of calves skulls . CALIBOGUS . Rum and spruce beer , American beverage . CALLE . A cloak or gown . Cant . CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE . A wind - mill and a ...
... King Charles I. Their chief fare was calves heads ; and they drank their wine and ale out of calves skulls . CALIBOGUS . Rum and spruce beer , American beverage . CALLE . A cloak or gown . Cant . CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE . A wind - mill and a ...
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... King's Bench , to the poorer , for their share of a room . When prisons are very full , which is too often the case , particularly on the eve of an insolvent act , two or three persons are obliged to sleep in a room . A prisoner who can ...
... King's Bench , to the poorer , for their share of a room . When prisons are very full , which is too often the case , particularly on the eve of an insolvent act , two or three persons are obliged to sleep in a room . A prisoner who can ...
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... king's English ; to be unable to speak plain through drunken- ness . CLOAK TWITCHERS . Rogues who lurk about the entrances into dark alleys , and bye - lanes , to snatch cloaks from the shoulders of passengers . CLOD HOPPER . A country ...
... king's English ; to be unable to speak plain through drunken- ness . CLOAK TWITCHERS . Rogues who lurk about the entrances into dark alleys , and bye - lanes , to snatch cloaks from the shoulders of passengers . CLOD HOPPER . A country ...
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... king Henry II . Was I in my castle at Bungay , Fast by the river Waveney , I would not care for the king of Cockney ; i . e . the king of London . COCKSHUT TIME , The evening , when fowls go to roost . COD . A cod of money : a good sum ...
... king Henry II . Was I in my castle at Bungay , Fast by the river Waveney , I would not care for the king of Cockney ; i . e . the king of London . COCKSHUT TIME , The evening , when fowls go to roost . COD . A cod of money : a good sum ...
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