Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... one's interest . To know on which side one's bread is buttered ; to know one's interest , or what is best for one . It is no bread and butter of mine ; I have no business with it ; or rather , I won't intermed- dle , because I shall get ...
... one's interest . To know on which side one's bread is buttered ; to know one's interest , or what is best for one . It is no bread and butter of mine ; I have no business with it ; or rather , I won't intermed- dle , because I shall get ...
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... one's nose ; to push the bottle past him , so as to deprive him of his turn of filling his glass ; to pass one over . Also to play booty , or pur- posely to avoid winning . BRIM ( Abbreviation of Brimstone . ) An abandoned wo man ...
... one's nose ; to push the bottle past him , so as to deprive him of his turn of filling his glass ; to pass one over . Also to play booty , or pur- posely to avoid winning . BRIM ( Abbreviation of Brimstone . ) An abandoned wo man ...
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... one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e . don't move from hence , stay here . BUDGET . A wallet . To open the budget ; a term used to signify the notification of the taxes required by the minister for the expences of the ensuing ...
... one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e . don't move from hence , stay here . BUDGET . A wallet . To open the budget ; a term used to signify the notification of the taxes required by the minister for the expences of the ensuing ...
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... one's eye is bunged up or closed . BUNT . An apron . BUNTER . A low dirty prostitute , half whore and half beggar . BUNTLINGS . Petticoats . Cant . BURN CRUST . A jocular name for a baker . BURN THE KEN . Strollers living in an alehouse ...
... one's eye is bunged up or closed . BUNT . An apron . BUNTER . A low dirty prostitute , half whore and half beggar . BUNTLINGS . Petticoats . Cant . BURN CRUST . A jocular name for a baker . BURN THE KEN . Strollers living in an alehouse ...
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... one's thumb instead of smacking calf's skin , the guilt of taking a false oath is avoided . CALVES . His calves are gone to grass ; a saying of a man with slender legs without calves . Veal will be cheap , \ calves fall ; said of a man ...
... one's thumb instead of smacking calf's skin , the guilt of taking a false oath is avoided . CALVES . His calves are gone to grass ; a saying of a man with slender legs without calves . Veal will be cheap , \ calves fall ; said of a man ...
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a-se allusion appellation Bartholomew Fair bawd bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT breeches bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat clothes COCK cove Covent Garden cuckold cull Devil dice DOG LATIN dram dressed drink drunk eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give goose guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK jocular king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor man's mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play plump pocket practised pretend prison prostitute public house QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea term sham sharper shoes signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife woman word young