Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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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 . To lush at Freeman's Quay ; to drink at ...
... 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 . To lush at Freeman's Quay ; to drink at ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... comes for him to 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 HUP HURDY GURDY . A kind of fiddle , originally HIT.
... comes for him to 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 HUP HURDY GURDY . A kind of fiddle , originally HIT.
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