Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... person in his turn is to be ceremoniously introduced to him , and to pour a bucket of water over him , crying , hail , king Arthur ! if during this ceremony the person intro- duced laughs or smiles ( to which his majesty endeavours to ...
... person in his turn is to be ceremoniously introduced to him , and to pour a bucket of water over him , crying , hail , king Arthur ! if during this ceremony the person intro- duced laughs or smiles ( to which his majesty endeavours to ...
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... person dressed up in a tawdry manner , like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair . BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of in cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where persons refusing or unable to pay their losings , are ...
... person dressed up in a tawdry manner , like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair . BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of in cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where persons refusing or unable to pay their losings , are ...
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... persons , and the easiness of their duty , as hav- ing scarce more to do than to eat the king's beef . BEETLE ... person at a table , who takes more on his plate than he can eat . BELLYFULL . A hearty beating , sufficient to make ...
... persons , and the easiness of their duty , as hav- ing scarce more to do than to eat the king's beef . BEETLE ... person at a table , who takes more on his plate than he can eat . BELLYFULL . A hearty beating , sufficient to make ...
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... person caught must be blinded in his stead . BLIND CUPID . The backside . BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY . Night , darkness . BLOCK HOUSES . Prisons , houses of correction , & c . BLOCKED AT BOTH ENDS . Finished . The game is blocked at both ends ...
... person caught must be blinded in his stead . BLIND CUPID . The backside . BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY . Night , darkness . BLOCK HOUSES . Prisons , houses of correction , & c . BLOCKED AT BOTH ENDS . Finished . The game is blocked at both ends ...
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... . BLUE SKIN . A person begotten on a black woman by a white man . One of the blue squadron ; any one having a cross of the black breed , or , as it is termed , a lick of the tar brush . BLUE BOL BLUE TAPE , or SKY BLUE . Gin .
... . BLUE SKIN . A person begotten on a black woman by a white man . One of the blue squadron ; any one having a cross of the black breed , or , as it is termed , a lick of the tar brush . BLUE BOL BLUE TAPE , or SKY BLUE . Gin .
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