Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... signify the art and mystery of house - breaking . CRACKER . Crust , sea biscuit , or ammunition loaf ; also the backside . Farting crackers ; breeches . CRACKISH . Whorish . CRACKING TOOLS . Implements of house - breaking , such as a ...
... signify the art and mystery of house - breaking . CRACKER . Crust , sea biscuit , or ammunition loaf ; also the backside . Farting crackers ; breeches . CRACKISH . Whorish . CRACKING TOOLS . Implements of house - breaking , such as a ...
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... signify entrapping a man so as to obtain erim . con . money , in which the wife , real or supposed , con- spires with the husband . CROSS BUTTOCK . A particular lock or fall in the Brough- tonian tonian art , which , as Mr. Fielding ...
... signify entrapping a man so as to obtain erim . con . money , in which the wife , real or supposed , con- spires with the husband . CROSS BUTTOCK . A particular lock or fall in the Brough- tonian tonian art , which , as Mr. Fielding ...
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... signify a surly fellow . CURBING LAW . The act of hooking goods out of win- dows : the curber is the thief , the curb the hook . Cant . CURE A - SE . A dyachilon plaister , applied to the parts gal- led by riding . CURLE . Clippings of ...
... signify a surly fellow . CURBING LAW . The act of hooking goods out of win- dows : the curber is the thief , the curb the hook . Cant . CURE A - SE . A dyachilon plaister , applied to the parts gal- led by riding . CURLE . Clippings of ...
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... signify that the persons belonging to any house are not on their guard , or that they are fast asleep , and have not heard any noise to alarm them . To DowsE . To take down as , Dowse the pendant . Dowse your dog vane ; take the cockade ...
... signify that the persons belonging to any house are not on their guard , or that they are fast asleep , and have not heard any noise to alarm them . To DowsE . To take down as , Dowse the pendant . Dowse your dog vane ; take the cockade ...
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... signify a slattern . DRAGOONING IT . A man who occupies two branches of one profession , is said to dragoon it ; because , like the soldier of that denomination , he serves in a double capa- city . Such is a physician who furnishes the ...
... signify a slattern . DRAGOONING IT . A man who occupies two branches of one profession , is said to dragoon it ; because , like the soldier of that denomination , he serves in a double capa- city . Such is a physician who furnishes the ...
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