Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... Picking pockets of handkerchiefs . CLOVER . To be , or live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most ... picked a pocket . Cant . CLY THE JERK . To be whipped . Cant . CLYSTER PIPE . A nick name for an apothecary . COACH ...
... Picking pockets of handkerchiefs . CLOVER . To be , or live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most ... picked a pocket . Cant . CLY THE JERK . To be whipped . Cant . CLYSTER PIPE . A nick name for an apothecary . COACH ...
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... picked up his crumbs finely of late ; he has grown very fat , or rich , of late . CRUMP . One who helps solicitors to affidavit men , or false witnesses .--- I wish you had , Mrs. Crump ; ' a Gloucester- shire saying , in answer to a ...
... picked up his crumbs finely of late ; he has grown very fat , or rich , of late . CRUMP . One who helps solicitors to affidavit men , or false witnesses .--- I wish you had , Mrs. Crump ; ' a Gloucester- shire saying , in answer to a ...
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... pick a pocket . To dive for a dinner ; to go down into a cellar to dinner . A dive , is a thief who stands ready to receive goods thrown out to him by a little boy put in at a window . Cant . DIVER . A pickpocket ; also one who lives in ...
... pick a pocket . To dive for a dinner ; to go down into a cellar to dinner . A dive , is a thief who stands ready to receive goods thrown out to him by a little boy put in at a window . Cant . DIVER . A pickpocket ; also one who lives in ...
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... pick a gentleman's pocket of a hand- kerchief . To draw the long bow ; to tell lies . DRAWERS . Stockings . Cant ... picked up ; the piece so dropped is called a dropt cog . DROP DUC DROP IN THE EYE . Almost drunk . DROPPING.
... pick a gentleman's pocket of a hand- kerchief . To draw the long bow ; to tell lies . DRAWERS . Stockings . Cant ... picked up ; the piece so dropped is called a dropt cog . DROP DUC DROP IN THE EYE . Almost drunk . DROPPING.
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... picking it up before the person intended to be defrauded , they pretend that the thing is very valuable to induce their gull to lend them money , or to purchase the article . See FAWNY RIG , and MONEY DROPPERS TO DROP DOWN . To be ...
... picking it up before the person intended to be defrauded , they pretend that the thing is very valuable to induce their gull to lend them money , or to purchase the article . See FAWNY RIG , and MONEY DROPPERS TO DROP DOWN . To be ...
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