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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... standing which he drew coats of arms very neatly , and could write the Lord's Prayer within the compass of a shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed the country , shewing himself for money . BUCKLES . Fetters ...
... standing which he drew coats of arms very neatly , and could write the Lord's Prayer within the compass of a shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed the country , shewing himself for money . BUCKLES . Fetters ...
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... Standing budge ; a thief's scout or spy . TO BUDGE . To move , or quit one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e ... stand the brunt . To swear as a witness . He buffed it home ; and I was served ; he swore hard against me , and I ...
... Standing budge ; a thief's scout or spy . TO BUDGE . To move , or quit one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e ... stand the brunt . To swear as a witness . He buffed it home ; and I was served ; he swore hard against me , and I ...
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... stand opposite each other , instead of 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 ...
... stand opposite each other , instead of 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 ...
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... stands ready to receive goods thrown out to him by a little boy put in at a window . Cant . DIVER . A pickpocket ; also one who lives in a cellar . DIVIDE . To divide the house with one's wife ; to give her the outside , and to keep all ...
... stands ready to receive goods thrown out to him by a little boy put in at a window . Cant . DIVER . A pickpocket ; also one who lives in a cellar . DIVIDE . To divide the house with one's wife ; to give her the outside , and to keep all ...
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... stand a good fag ; not to be soon tired . FAGGER . A little boy put in at a window to rob the house . FAGGOT . A man hired at a muster to appear as a soldier . To faggot in the canting sense , means to bind : an allu- sion to the ...
... stand a good fag ; not to be soon tired . FAGGER . A little boy put in at a window to rob the house . FAGGOT . A man hired at a muster to appear as a soldier . To faggot in the canting sense , means to bind : an allu- sion to the ...
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