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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... lives by stealing or in a dishonest manner . CROSS BITE . One who combines with a sharper to draw in a friend ; also , to counteract or disappoint . Cant . - This is peculiarly used to signify entrapping a man so as to obtain erin . con ...
... lives by stealing or in a dishonest manner . CROSS BITE . One who combines with a sharper to draw in a friend ; also , to counteract or disappoint . Cant . - This is peculiarly used to signify entrapping a man so as to obtain erin . con ...
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... lives with the old folks . DEVIL'S DAUGHTER'S PORTION : Deal , Dover , and Harwich , The Devil gave with his daughter in marriage ; And , by a codicil to his will , He added Helvoet and the Brill ; a saying occasioned by the shameful ...
... lives with the old folks . DEVIL'S DAUGHTER'S PORTION : Deal , Dover , and Harwich , The Devil gave with his daughter in marriage ; And , by a codicil to his will , He added Helvoet and the Brill ; a saying occasioned by the shameful ...
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... lives in a cellar . DIVIDE . To divide the house with one's wife ; to give her the outside , and to 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 ...
... lives in a cellar . DIVIDE . To divide the house with one's wife ; to give her the outside , and to 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 ...
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... lives , said by a man whose wife was cut for a fistula in ano . FAG FACE - MAKING . Begetting children . To face it out ; to persist in a falsity . No face but his own : a saying of one who has no money in his pocket or no court cards ...
... lives , said by a man whose wife was cut for a fistula in ano . FAG FACE - MAKING . Begetting children . To face it out ; to persist in a falsity . No face but his own : a saying of one who has no money in his pocket or no court cards ...
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... live eel , to make him lively and carry his tail well ; it is said , a forfeit is in- curred by any horse - dealer's servant , who shall shew a horse without first feaguing him . Feague is used , figura tively , for encouraging or ...
... live eel , to make him lively and carry his tail well ; it is said , a forfeit is in- curred by any horse - dealer's servant , who shall shew a horse without first feaguing him . Feague is used , figura tively , for encouraging or ...
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