Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... Shoes tipped with iron . CLOUTING LAY . Picking pockets of handkerchiefs . CLOVER . To be , or live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ...
... Shoes tipped with iron . CLOUTING LAY . Picking pockets of handkerchiefs . CLOVER . To be , or live , in clover ; to live luxuriously . Clover is the most desirable food for cattle . CLOWES . Rogues . CLOY . To steal . To cloy the clout ...
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... shoes , an improver of the under- standings of his customers ; a translator . COBBLERS PUNCH . Treacle , vinegar , gin , and water . COCK , OF CHIEF COCK OF THE WALK . The leading man in any society or body ; the best boxer in a village ...
... shoes , an improver of the under- standings of his customers ; a translator . COBBLERS PUNCH . Treacle , vinegar , gin , and water . COCK , OF CHIEF COCK OF THE WALK . The leading man in any society or body ; the best boxer in a village ...
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... Shoes . Irish . CRABS . A losing throw to the main at hazard . CRABBED . Sour , ill - tempered , difficult . CRACK . A whore . 1 TO CRACK . To boast or brag ; also to break . I cracked his napper ; I broke his head . THE CRACK , Or ALL ...
... Shoes . Irish . CRABS . A losing throw to the main at hazard . CRABBED . Sour , ill - tempered , difficult . CRACK . A whore . 1 TO CRACK . To boast or brag ; also to break . I cracked his napper ; I broke his head . THE CRACK , Or ALL ...
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... shoe - strings , for the same purpose . To CUT BENE . To speak gently . To cut bene whiddes ; to give good words . To cut queer whiddes ; to give foul language . To cut a bosh , or a flash ; to make a figure . Cant . TO CUTTY - EYE . To ...
... shoe - strings , for the same purpose . To CUT BENE . To speak gently . To cut bene whiddes ; to give good words . To cut queer whiddes ; to give foul language . To cut a bosh , or a flash ; to make a figure . Cant . TO CUTTY - EYE . To ...
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... Shoes . FLY - FLAPPED . Whipt in the stocks , or at the cart's tail . FLYING CAMPs . Beggars plying in a body at funerals . FLYING GIGGERS . Turnpike gates . FLYING HORSE . A lock in wrestling , by which he who uses it throws his ...
... Shoes . FLY - FLAPPED . Whipt in the stocks , or at the cart's tail . FLYING CAMPs . Beggars plying in a body at funerals . FLYING GIGGERS . Turnpike gates . FLYING HORSE . A lock in wrestling , by which he who uses it throws his ...
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