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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... Originally , a labourer or husbandman : figura- tively a rude , surly , boorish fellow . To put a churl up- on a gentleman ; to drink malt liquor immediately after having drunk wine . CINDER GARBLER . A servant maid , from her business ...
... Originally , a labourer or husbandman : figura- tively a rude , surly , boorish fellow . To put a churl up- on a gentleman ; to drink malt liquor immediately after having drunk wine . CINDER GARBLER . A servant maid , from her business ...
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... originally sold by apothecaries , were esti- mated by drams , ounces , & c . Dog's dram ; to spit in his mouth , and clap his back . DRAM - A - TICK . A dram served upon credit . DRAPER . An ale draper ; an alehouse keeper . DRAUGHT ...
... originally sold by apothecaries , were esti- mated by drams , ounces , & c . Dog's dram ; to spit in his mouth , and clap his back . DRAM - A - TICK . A dram served upon credit . DRAPER . An ale draper ; an alehouse keeper . DRAUGHT ...
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... originally soldiers who served without pay , for the privilege of plun dering the enemy . FREEHOLDER . He whose wife accompanies him to the ale- house . FREEMAN'S QUAY . Free of expence . Tolush at Freeman's Quay ; to drink at another's ...
... originally soldiers who served without pay , for the privilege of plun dering the enemy . FREEHOLDER . He whose wife accompanies him to the ale- house . FREEMAN'S QUAY . Free of expence . Tolush at Freeman's Quay ; to drink at another's ...
Pagina
... originally the name for an inn - keeper ; inns being in old English styled hostels , from the French signifying the same . HOT POT . Ale and brandy made hot . HOT STOMACH . He has so hot a stomach , that he burns all the clothes off his ...
... originally the name for an inn - keeper ; inns being in old English styled hostels , from the French signifying the same . HOT POT . Ale and brandy made hot . HOT STOMACH . He has so hot a stomach , that he burns all the clothes off his ...
Pagina
... drink , before he has emptied his for- mer glass , is said to be hunted . HUNTSUP . The reveillier of huntsmen , sounded on the French horn , or other instrument . HURDY HURDY GURDY . A kind of fiddle , originally made HIT.
... drink , before he has emptied his for- mer glass , is said to be hunted . HUNTSUP . The reveillier of huntsmen , sounded on the French horn , or other instrument . HURDY HURDY GURDY . A kind of fiddle , originally made HIT.
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