Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... nose by the pox . FRENCH LEAVE . To take French leave ; to go off without taking leave of the company : a saying frequently applied to persons who have run away from their creditors . FRENCHIFIED . Infected with the venereal disease ...
... nose by the pox . FRENCH LEAVE . To take French leave ; to go off without taking leave of the company : a saying frequently applied to persons who have run away from their creditors . FRENCHIFIED . Infected with the venereal disease ...
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... nose . Snitchel his gigg ; fillip his nose . Grun- ter's gigg ; a hog's snout . Gigg is also a high one - horse chaise , and a woman's privities . To gigg a Smithfield hank ; to hamstring an over - drove ox , vulgarly called a mad ...
... nose . Snitchel his gigg ; fillip his nose . Grun- ter's gigg ; a hog's snout . Gigg is also a high one - horse chaise , and a woman's privities . To gigg a Smithfield hank ; to hamstring an over - drove ox , vulgarly called a mad ...
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... nose . HANDSOME . He is a handsome - bodied man in the face ; a jeering commendation of an ugly fellow . Handsome is that handsome does : a proverb frequently cited by ugly women . HANDSOME REWARD . This , in advertisements , means a ...
... nose . HANDSOME . He is a handsome - bodied man in the face ; a jeering commendation of an ugly fellow . Handsome is that handsome does : a proverb frequently cited by ugly women . HANDSOME REWARD . This , in advertisements , means a ...
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... nose out of joint ; to rival one in the favour of a patron or mistress . JOLLY , OF JOLLY NOB . The head . I'll lump your jolly nob for you ; I'll give you a knock on the head . JOLLY DOG . A merry facetious fellow ; a bon vivant , who ...
... nose out of joint ; to rival one in the favour of a patron or mistress . JOLLY , OF JOLLY NOB . The head . I'll lump your jolly nob for you ; I'll give you a knock on the head . JOLLY DOG . A merry facetious fellow ; a bon vivant , who ...
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... nose . LIGHT TROOPS . Lice ; the light troops are in full march ; the lice are crawling about . LIGHTMANS . The day . Cant . LIGHTNING . Gin . A flash of lightning ; a glass of gin . LIKENESS . A phrase used by thieves when the officers ...
... nose . LIGHT TROOPS . Lice ; the light troops are in full march ; the lice are crawling about . LIGHTMANS . The day . Cant . LIGHTNING . Gin . A flash of lightning ; a glass of gin . LIKENESS . A phrase used by thieves when the officers ...
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