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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... prison . New College ; the Royal Exchange . King's College : the King's Bench prison . He has been educated at the steel , and took his last degree at college ; he has received his education at the house of correction , and was hanged ...
... prison . New College ; the Royal Exchange . King's College : the King's Bench prison . He has been educated at the steel , and took his last degree at college ; he has received his education at the house of correction , and was hanged ...
Pagina
... Prison . Lord Ellenborough's teeth ; the chevaux de frize round the top of the wall of that prison . ELF . A fairy or hobgoblin , a little man or woman . EMPEROR . Drunk as an emperor , i . e . ten times as drunk as a lord . ENGLISH ...
... Prison . Lord Ellenborough's teeth ; the chevaux de frize round the top of the wall of that prison . ELF . A fairy or hobgoblin , a little man or woman . EMPEROR . Drunk as an emperor , i . e . ten times as drunk as a lord . ENGLISH ...
Pagina
... Prison . FAKEMENT . A counterfeit signature . A forgery . Tell the macers to mind their fakements ; desire the swind- lers to be careful not to forge another person's signature . FALLALLS . Ornaments , chiefly women's , such as ribands ...
... Prison . FAKEMENT . A counterfeit signature . A forgery . Tell the macers to mind their fakements ; desire the swind- lers to be careful not to forge another person's signature . FALLALLS . Ornaments , chiefly women's , such as ribands ...
Pagina
... prisons of a man just brought in , who appears dejected . GALLEY . Building the galley ; a game formerly used at sea , in order to put a trick upon a landsman , or fresh - wa- ter sailor . It being agreed to play at that game , one sai ...
... prisons of a man just brought in , who appears dejected . GALLEY . Building the galley ; a game formerly used at sea , in order to put a trick upon a landsman , or fresh - wa- ter sailor . It being agreed to play at that game , one sai ...
Pagina
... prison . Out at heels ; worn , or diminished : his estate or affairs are out at heels . To turn up his heels ; to turn up the knave of trumps at the game of all - fours . HEEL TAP . A peg in the heel of a shoe , taken out when it is ...
... prison . Out at heels ; worn , or diminished : his estate or affairs are out at heels . To turn up his heels ; to turn up the knave of trumps at the game of all - fours . HEEL TAP . A peg in the heel of a shoe , taken out when it is ...
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