Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... legs . He buys his boots in Crooked Lane , and his stockings in Bandy - legged Walk ; his legs grew in the night , there- fore could not see to grow straight : jeering sayings of men with crooked legs . CROP . A nick name for a ...
... legs . He buys his boots in Crooked Lane , and his stockings in Bandy - legged Walk ; his legs grew in the night , there- fore could not see to grow straight : jeering sayings of men with crooked legs . CROP . A nick name for a ...
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... legs sufficiently , or goes too near the ground , and is therefore apt to stumble . DAISY KICKERS . Ostlers at great inns . DAM . A small Indian coin , mentioned in the Gentoo code of laws : hence etymologists may , if they please ...
... legs sufficiently , or goes too near the ground , and is therefore apt to stumble . DAISY KICKERS . Ostlers at great inns . DAM . A small Indian coin , mentioned in the Gentoo code of laws : hence etymologists may , if they please ...
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... legs , which was great- ly resorted to by the curious ; he had also a wife much addicted to drunkenness , for which he used sometimes to give her due correction . One day David's wife hav- ing taken a cup too much , and being fearful of ...
... legs , which was great- ly resorted to by the curious ; he had also a wife much addicted to drunkenness , for which he used sometimes to give her due correction . One day David's wife hav- ing taken a cup too much , and being fearful of ...
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... leg shorter than the other , and who , as the sea phrase is , go upon an uneven keel . Also a jeering appellation for an inferior writing - master , or teacher of arithmetic . DOUBLE . To tip any one the double ; to run away in his or ...
... leg shorter than the other , and who , as the sea phrase is , go upon an uneven keel . Also a jeering appellation for an inferior writing - master , or teacher of arithmetic . DOUBLE . To tip any one the double ; to run away in his or ...
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... legs irregularly the idea is taken from a kettle drummer , who in beating makes many flourishes with his drumsticks . DRUNK . Drunk as a wheel - barrow . Drunk as David's sow . See DAVID'S SOW . DRURY LANE AGUE . The venereal disorder ...
... legs irregularly the idea is taken from a kettle drummer , who in beating makes many flourishes with his drumsticks . DRUNK . Drunk as a wheel - barrow . Drunk as David's sow . See DAVID'S SOW . DRURY LANE AGUE . The venereal disorder ...
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