Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket EloquenceC. Chappel, 1811 - 221 pagine |
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... Thieves who 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 ...
... Thieves who 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 ...
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... thief and a Welch whore . BRITISH CHAMPAIGNE . Porter . BROGANIER . One who has a strong Irish pronunciation or accent . BROGUE . A particular kind of shoe without a heel , worn in Ireland , and figuratively used to signify the Irish ...
... thief and a Welch whore . BRITISH CHAMPAIGNE . Porter . BROGANIER . One who has a strong Irish pronunciation or accent . BROGUE . A particular kind of shoe without a heel , worn in Ireland , and figuratively used to signify the Irish ...
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... thief that 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 BAR THE ...
... thief that 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 BAR THE ...
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... thief's scout or spy . TO BUDGE . To move , or quit one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e . don't move from hence , stay here . BUDGET . A wallet . To open the budget ; a term used to signify the notification of the taxes ...
... thief's scout or spy . TO BUDGE . To move , or quit one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e . don't move from hence , stay here . BUDGET . A wallet . To open the budget ; a term used to signify the notification of the taxes ...
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... thieves and gypsies , called likewise pedlar's French , the slang , & c . & c . CANTERS , OF THE CANTING CREW . Thieves , beggars , and gypsies , or any others using the canting lingo . See LINGO . CANTERBURY STORY . A long roundabout ...
... thieves and gypsies , called likewise pedlar's French , the slang , & c . & c . CANTERS , OF THE CANTING CREW . Thieves , beggars , and gypsies , or any others using the canting lingo . See LINGO . CANTERBURY STORY . A long roundabout ...
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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