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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Pagina
... young chub , or a mere chub ; i . e . a foolish fellow , easily imposed on : an illusion to a fish of that name , easily taken . CHUBBY . Round - faced , plump . CHUCK . My chuck ; a term of endearment . CHUCK FARTHING . A parish clerk ...
... young chub , or a mere chub ; i . e . a foolish fellow , easily imposed on : an illusion to a fish of that name , easily taken . CHUBBY . Round - faced , plump . CHUCK . My chuck ; a term of endearment . CHUCK FARTHING . A parish clerk ...
Pagina
... young person coaxed or conquered , made wanton ; or a nestle cock , de- licately bred and brought up , so as , when arrived at man's estate , to be unable to bear the least hardship . Whatever may be the origin of this appellation , we ...
... young person coaxed or conquered , made wanton ; or a nestle cock , de- licately bred and brought up , so as , when arrived at man's estate , to be unable to bear the least hardship . Whatever may be the origin of this appellation , we ...
Pagina
... young girl , is said to have a colt's tooth in his head . COLT VEAL . Coarse red veal , more like the flesh of a colt than that of a calf . COMв . To comb one's head ; to clapperclaw , or scold any one : a woman who lectures her husband ...
... young girl , is said to have a colt's tooth in his head . COLT VEAL . Coarse red veal , more like the flesh of a colt than that of a calf . COMв . To comb one's head ; to clapperclaw , or scold any one : a woman who lectures her husband ...
Pagina
Francis Grose. COURT OF ASSISTANTS . A court often applied to by young women who marry old men . Cow . To sleep like a cow , with a **** at one's a - se ; said of a married man ; married men being supposed to sleep with their backs ...
Francis Grose. COURT OF ASSISTANTS . A court often applied to by young women who marry old men . Cow . To sleep like a cow , with a **** at one's a - se ; said of a married man ; married men being supposed to sleep with their backs ...
Pagina
... young fellow is a véry expert house- brea- ker . CRAG . The neck . CRAMP RINGS . Bolts , shackles , or fetters . Cant . CRAMP WORDS . Sentence of death passed on a criminal by a judge . He has just undergone the cramp word ; sentence ...
... young fellow is a véry expert house- brea- ker . CRAG . The neck . CRAMP RINGS . Bolts , shackles , or fetters . Cant . CRAMP WORDS . Sentence of death passed on a criminal by a judge . He has just undergone the cramp word ; sentence ...
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