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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Pagina
... piece of whalebone or ivory , formerly worn by women , to stiffen the fore part of their stays : hence the toast - Both ends of the busk . BUSS BEGGAR . An old superannuated fumbler , whom none but beggars will suffer to kiss them . BUS ...
... piece of whalebone or ivory , formerly worn by women , to stiffen the fore part of their stays : hence the toast - Both ends of the busk . BUSS BEGGAR . An old superannuated fumbler , whom none but beggars will suffer to kiss them . BUS ...
Pagina
... piece . It derives its name from one of its sounds , which greatly resembles › the modulation of an intriguing boar cat . CAT HARPING FASHION . Drinking cross - ways , and not , as usual , over the left thumb , Sea term . CAT IN PAN ...
... piece . It derives its name from one of its sounds , which greatly resembles › the modulation of an intriguing boar cat . CAT HARPING FASHION . Drinking cross - ways , and not , as usual , over the left thumb , Sea term . CAT IN PAN ...
Pagina
... piece is a fore coach wheel , and a crown piece a hind coach wheel ; the fore wheels of a coach being less than the hind ones . To COAX . To fondle , or wheedle . To coax a pair of stock- ings ; to pull down the part soiled into the ...
... piece is a fore coach wheel , and a crown piece a hind coach wheel ; the fore wheels of a coach being less than the hind ones . To COAX . To fondle , or wheedle . To coax a pair of stock- ings ; to pull down the part soiled into the ...
Pagina
... piece of discipline is also inflicted in Ireland , by the school - boys , on persons com- ing into the school without taking off their hats ; it is there called school , butter . COBBLE . A kind of boat . TO COBBLE . To mend , or patch ...
... piece of discipline is also inflicted in Ireland , by the school - boys , on persons com- ing into the school without taking off their hats ; it is there called school , butter . COBBLE . A kind of boat . TO COBBLE . To mend , or patch ...
Pagina
... PIECE . The fore flap of a man's breeches . Do they bite , master ? where , in the cod piece or collar ? --- a jo- cular attack on a patient angler by watermen , & c , Cons . The scrotum . Also a nick name for a curate : a rude fellow ...
... PIECE . The fore flap of a man's breeches . Do they bite , master ? where , in the cod piece or collar ? --- a jo- cular attack on a patient angler by watermen , & c , Cons . The scrotum . Also a nick name for a curate : a rude fellow ...
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