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 bullét . 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 bullét . A sortment of George R's blue plumbs ...
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... thief and a Welch . 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 accent ...
... thief and a Welch . 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 accent ...
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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 Bartholomew Fair bawd bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT breeches bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat clothes COCK cove Covent Garden cuckold cull Devil dice DOG LATIN dram dressed drink drunk eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give goose guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK jocular king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor man's mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play plump pocket practised pretend prison prostitute public house QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea term sham sharper shoes signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife woman word young