Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... nick name for a taylor . BOTHERED OF BOTH - EARED . Talked to at both ears by differ- ent persons at the same time , confounded , confused . Irish phrase . BOTHERAMS . A convivial society . BOTTLE - HEADED . Void of wit . BOTTOM . A ...
... nick name for a taylor . BOTHERED OF BOTH - EARED . Talked to at both ears by differ- ent persons at the same time , confounded , confused . Irish phrase . BOTHERAMS . A convivial society . BOTTLE - HEADED . Void of wit . BOTTOM . A ...
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... nick name given by the Irish to Englishmen ; bugs having , as it is said , been introduced into Ireland by the English . TO BUG . A cant word among journeymen hatters , sig- nifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of which ...
... nick name given by the Irish to Englishmen ; bugs having , as it is said , been introduced into Ireland by the English . TO BUG . A cant word among journeymen hatters , sig- nifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of which ...
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... nick name for a soldier . In the year 1745 , a soldier quartered at a house near Derby , was desi- red by his landlord to call upon him , whenever he came that way ; for , added he , soldiers are the pillars of the na- tion . The ...
... nick name for a soldier . In the year 1745 , a soldier quartered at a house near Derby , was desi- red by his landlord to call upon him , whenever he came that way ; for , added he , soldiers are the pillars of the na- tion . The ...
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... nick name for a carpenter . CHIRPING MERRY . Exhilarated with liquor . Chirping glass , a cheerful glass , that makes the company chirp like birds in spring . CHIT . An infant or baby . CHITTERLINS . The bowels . There is a rumpus among ...
... nick name for a carpenter . CHIRPING MERRY . Exhilarated with liquor . Chirping glass , a cheerful glass , that makes the company chirp like birds in spring . CHIT . An infant or baby . CHITTERLINS . The bowels . There is a rumpus among ...
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... nick name for an apothecary . COACH WHEEL . A half crown piece is a fore coach wheel , and a crown piece a hind coach wheel ; the fore wheels of a coach being less than the hind ones . TO COAX . To fondle , or wheedle . To coax a pair ...
... nick name for an apothecary . COACH WHEEL . A half crown piece is a fore coach wheel , and a crown piece a hind coach wheel ; the fore wheels of a coach being less than the hind ones . TO COAX . To fondle , or wheedle . To coax a pair ...
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