Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... 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 ...
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... 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 . To ...
... 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 . To ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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