Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... tail , i . e . beginning or ending . COCK OF THE COMPANY . A weak man , who from the de- sire of being the head of the company associates with low people , and pays all the reckoning . COCK - A - WHOOP , Elevated , in high - spirits ...
... tail , i . e . beginning or ending . COCK OF THE COMPANY . A weak man , who from the de- sire of being the head of the company associates with low people , and pays all the reckoning . COCK - A - WHOOP , Elevated , in high - spirits ...
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... tail . The croppen of the rotan ; the tail of the cart . Croppen ken : the necessary house . Cant . CROPSICK . Sickness in the stomach , arising from drunken- ness . CROSS . To come home by weeping cross ; to repent at the conclusion ...
... tail . The croppen of the rotan ; the tail of the cart . Croppen ken : the necessary house . Cant . CROPSICK . Sickness in the stomach , arising from drunken- ness . CROSS . To come home by weeping cross ; to repent at the conclusion ...
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... tail : a dog so cut was called a cut or cur- tailed dog , and by contraction a cur . A cur is figuratively used to ... tails of women's gowns , & c .; also , thieves wearing short jackets . CURTAIN 1 DAC CURTAIN LECTURE . A woman who ...
... tail : a dog so cut was called a cut or cur- tailed dog , and by contraction a cur . A cur is figuratively used to ... tails of women's gowns , & c .; also , thieves wearing short jackets . CURTAIN 1 DAC CURTAIN LECTURE . A woman who ...
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... tail , to be reduced to one's shifts . The Devil go with you and sixpence , and then you will have both money and com- pany . DEVIL . The gizzard of a turkey or fowl , scored , peppered , salted and broiled : it derives its appellation ...
... tail , to be reduced to one's shifts . The Devil go with you and sixpence , and then you will have both money and com- pany . DEVIL . The gizzard of a turkey or fowl , scored , peppered , salted and broiled : it derives its appellation ...
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... tail ; a punish- ment often threatened by the female servants in a kitchen , to a man who pries too minutely into the secrets of that place . DISMAL DITTY . The psalm sung by the felons at the gal- lows , just before they are turned off ...
... tail ; a punish- ment often threatened by the female servants in a kitchen , to a man who pries too minutely into the secrets of that place . DISMAL DITTY . The psalm sung by the felons at the gal- lows , just before they are turned off ...
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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