Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... steal lead off houses and churches . Cant . To fly a blue pigeon ; to steal lead off houses or churches . BLUE PLUMB . A bullet . - Surfeited with a blue plumb ; wounded with a bullet . A sortment of George R's blue plumbs ; a volley of ...
... steal lead off houses and churches . Cant . To fly a blue pigeon ; to steal lead off houses or churches . BLUE PLUMB . A bullet . - Surfeited with a blue plumb ; wounded with a bullet . A sortment of George R's blue plumbs ; a volley of ...
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... steals plate from public houses . Cant . THE BUBBLE . The party cheated , perhaps from his being like an air bubble , filled with words , which are only wind , instead of real property . To BUBBLE . To cheat . TO ... steal cloaks or other.
... steals plate from public houses . Cant . THE BUBBLE . The party cheated , perhaps from his being like an air bubble , filled with words , which are only wind , instead of real property . To BUBBLE . To cheat . TO ... steal cloaks or other.
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... steal cloaks or other clothes . Also lambs ' fur formerly used for doctors ' robes , whence they were called budge ... steals and kills horses and dogs for their skins ; also an inn - keeper : in Ireland it signifies a boxer . BUFFER . A ...
... steal cloaks or other clothes . Also lambs ' fur formerly used for doctors ' robes , whence they were called budge ... steals and kills horses and dogs for their skins ; also an inn - keeper : in Ireland it signifies a boxer . BUFFER . A ...
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... steal a hat . CASTING UP ONE'S ACCOUNTS . Vomiting . CAT . A common prostitute . An old cat ; à cross old wo- man . CAT - HEADS . A woman's breasts . Sea phrase . To CAT , or SHOOT THE CAT . To vomit from drunkenness . CAT AND BAGPIPEAN ...
... steal a hat . CASTING UP ONE'S ACCOUNTS . Vomiting . CAT . A common prostitute . An old cat ; à cross old wo- man . CAT - HEADS . A woman's breasts . Sea phrase . To CAT , or SHOOT THE CAT . To vomit from drunkenness . CAT AND BAGPIPEAN ...
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... steal the fine large wigs then worn . CHOAK . Choak away , the churchyard's near ; a jocular say- ing to a person taken with a violent fit of coughing , or who has swallowed any thing , as it is called the wrong way ; Choak , chicken ...
... steal the fine large wigs then worn . CHOAK . Choak away , the churchyard's near ; a jocular say- ing to a person taken with a violent fit of coughing , or who has swallowed any thing , as it is called the wrong way ; Choak , chicken ...
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a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle 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 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 Pot valiant 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 Tyburn venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife wine woman women word young