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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... you Ben Johnson ! why you look as if you could not say Boh to a goose ! " " Boh ! " replied the wit . BOLD . Bold as a miller's shirt , which every day takes a rogue by the collar . C 2 BOLT . BOLT . A blunt arrow . BOLT UPRIGHT . As BOL.
... you Ben Johnson ! why you look as if you could not say Boh to a goose ! " " Boh ! " replied the wit . BOLD . Bold as a miller's shirt , which every day takes a rogue by the collar . C 2 BOLT . BOLT . A blunt arrow . BOLT UPRIGHT . As BOL.
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... rogue tells all . Cant . See LEAKY . CACKLER . A hen . CACKLER'S KEN . A hen roost . Cant . CACKLING CHEATS . Fowls . Cant . CACKLING FARTS . Eggs . Cant . CADDEE . A helper . An under - strapper . CADGE . To beg . Cadge the swells ...
... rogue tells all . Cant . See LEAKY . CACKLER . A hen . CACKLER'S KEN . A hen roost . Cant . CACKLING CHEATS . Fowls . Cant . CACKLING FARTS . Eggs . Cant . CADDEE . A helper . An under - strapper . CADGE . To beg . Cadge the swells ...
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... rogues who are employed to look ou and watch upon the roads , at inns , & c . in order to carry information to their respective gangs , of a booty in pro spect . CARRIERS . Pigeons which carry expresses . CARRION HUNTER . An undertaker ...
... rogues who are employed to look ou and watch upon the roads , at inns , & c . in order to carry information to their respective gangs , of a booty in pro spect . CARRIERS . Pigeons which carry expresses . CARRION HUNTER . An undertaker ...
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... Rogues who lurk about the entrances into dark alleys , and bye - lanes , to snatch cloaks from the shoulders of passengers . CLOD HOPPER . A country farmer , or ploughman . CLOD PATE . A dull , heavy booby . CLOD POLE . The same . 1 ...
... Rogues who lurk about the entrances into dark alleys , and bye - lanes , to snatch cloaks from the shoulders of passengers . CLOD HOPPER . A country farmer , or ploughman . CLOD PATE . A dull , heavy booby . CLOD POLE . The same . 1 ...
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... Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ; to steal the handker- chief . To cloy the lour ; to steal money . Cant . CLOYES . Thieves , robbers , & c . CLUB . A meeting or association , where each man is to spend an equal and stated ...
... Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ; to steal the handker- chief . To cloy the lour ; to steal money . Cant . CLOYES . Thieves , robbers , & c . CLUB . A meeting or association , where each man is to spend an equal and stated ...
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