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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... perhaps from the figurative operation being , like the real one , extremely disagreeable to the patient . BREAD . Employment . Out of bread ; out of employment . In bad bread ; in a disagreeable scrape , or situation . BREAD BASKET ...
... perhaps from the figurative operation being , like the real one , extremely disagreeable to the patient . BREAD . Employment . Out of bread ; out of employment . In bad bread ; in a disagreeable scrape , or situation . BREAD BASKET ...
Pagina
... perhaps originally only a passionate or irascible wo- man , compared to brimstone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman catholic . See BREAST FLEET , and CRAW THUMPER . BRISTOL MILK . A Spanish wine called sherry , much ...
... perhaps originally only a passionate or irascible wo- man , compared to brimstone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman catholic . See BREAST FLEET , and CRAW THUMPER . BRISTOL MILK . A Spanish wine called sherry , much ...
Pagina
... perhaps from his being like an air bubble , filled with words , which are only wind , instead of real property . · TO BUBBLE . To cheat . TO BAR THE BUBBLE . To except against the general rule , that he who lays the odds must always be ...
... perhaps from his being like an air bubble , filled with words , which are only wind , instead of real property . · TO BUBBLE . To cheat . TO BAR THE BUBBLE . To except against the general rule , that he who lays the odds must always be ...
Pagina
... perhaps from following his prey , and being at their bums , or , as the vulgar phrase is , hard at theira - ses . Black- stone says , it is a corruption of bound bailiff , from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour ...
... perhaps from following his prey , and being at their bums , or , as the vulgar phrase is , hard at theira - ses . Black- stone says , it is a corruption of bound bailiff , from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour ...
Pagina
... perhaps a corruption of chaunting ; some derive it from Andrew Cant , a famous Scotch preacher , who used that whining manner of expression . Also a kind of gibberish used by thieves and gypsies , called likewise pedlar's French , the ...
... perhaps a corruption of chaunting ; some derive it from Andrew Cant , a famous Scotch preacher , who used that whining manner of expression . Also a kind of gibberish used by thieves and gypsies , called likewise pedlar's French , the ...
Parole e frasi comuni
a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT brandy breeches BROWN BESS bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat child clothes cock cove cuckold cull darkmans Devil dice DOG LATIN dram drink drunk Exchange Alley eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK jocular king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor married mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play pocket practised pretend prison prostitute QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea phrase Sea term sham sharper signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife wine woman women word young