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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... side - ways .--- IV . Beware of a priest every way . CAW - HANDED , or CAW - PAWED . Awkward , not dextrous , ready , or nimble . CAXON . An old weather - beaten wig . CENT PER CENT . An usurer . CHAFED . Well beaten ; from chauffe ...
... side - ways .--- IV . Beware of a priest every way . CAW - HANDED , or CAW - PAWED . Awkward , not dextrous , ready , or nimble . CAXON . An old weather - beaten wig . CENT PER CENT . An usurer . CHAFED . Well beaten ; from chauffe ...
Pagina
... Side by side , hand to fist . CHEEKS . Ask cheeks near cunnyborough ; the repartee of a St. Gilse's fair one , who bids you ask her backside , anglicè her a - se . A like answer is current in France : any one asking the road or distance ...
... Side by side , hand to fist . CHEEKS . Ask cheeks near cunnyborough ; the repartee of a St. Gilse's fair one , who bids you ask her backside , anglicè her a - se . A like answer is current in France : any one asking the road or distance ...
Pagina
... side and clinched it , CLINK . A place in the Borough of Southwark , formerly privileged from arrests ; and inhabited by lawless vaga- bonds of every denomination , called , from the place of their residence , clinkers . Also a gaol ...
... side and clinched it , CLINK . A place in the Borough of Southwark , formerly privileged from arrests ; and inhabited by lawless vaga- bonds of every denomination , called , from the place of their residence , clinkers . Also a gaol ...
Pagina
... side by side , as in the minuet , rigadoon , louvre , & c . and now corruptly called a country dance . CONUNDRUMS . Enigmatical conceits . CONVENIENT . A mistress . Cant . CONVENIENCY . A necessary . A leathern conveniency , a coach ...
... side by side , as in the minuet , rigadoon , louvre , & c . and now corruptly called a country dance . CONUNDRUMS . Enigmatical conceits . CONVENIENT . A mistress . Cant . CONVENIENCY . A necessary . A leathern conveniency , a coach ...
Pagina
... sides to keep him- self warm in frosty weather ; called also Beating the booby . * CUFFIN . A man . CULL . A man , honest or otherwise . A bob cull ; a good- natured , quiet fellow . Cant . CULLABILITY . A disposition liable to be ...
... sides to keep him- self warm in frosty weather ; called also Beating the booby . * CUFFIN . A man . CULL . A man , honest or otherwise . A bob cull ; a good- natured , quiet fellow . Cant . CULLABILITY . A disposition liable to be ...
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