Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... queer cog ; a rotten tooth . How the cull flashes his queer cogs ; how the fool shews his rotten teeth . To Cou . To cheat with dice ; also to coax or wheedle . To cog COL cog a die ; to conceal or secure a.
... queer cog ; a rotten tooth . How the cull flashes his queer cogs ; how the fool shews his rotten teeth . To Cou . To cheat with dice ; also to coax or wheedle . To cog COL cog a die ; to conceal or secure a.
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... queer whiddes ; to give foul language . To cut a bosh , or a flash ; to make a figure . Cant . TO CUTTY - EYE . To look out of the corners of one's eyes , to leer , to look askance . The cull cutty - eyed at us ; the fellow looked ...
... queer whiddes ; to give foul language . To cut a bosh , or a flash ; to make a figure . Cant . TO CUTTY - EYE . To look out of the corners of one's eyes , to leer , to look askance . The cull cutty - eyed at us ; the fellow looked ...
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... queer as Dick's hatband ; that is , out of spirits , or don't know what ails.me. DICKY . A woman's under - petticoat . It's all Dicky with him ; i . e . it's all over with him . DICKED IN THE NOB . Silly . Crazed . DICKEY . A sham shirt ...
... queer as Dick's hatband ; that is , out of spirits , or don't know what ails.me. DICKY . A woman's under - petticoat . It's all Dicky with him ; i . e . it's all over with him . DICKED IN THE NOB . Silly . Crazed . DICKEY . A sham shirt ...
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... queer unaccountable fellow . DUKE OF LIMBS . A tall , awkward , ill - made fellow . DUKE HUMPHREY . To dine with Duke Humphrey ; to fast . In old St. Paul's church was an aisle called Duke Humphrey's walk ( from a tomb vulgarly called ...
... queer unaccountable fellow . DUKE OF LIMBS . A tall , awkward , ill - made fellow . DUKE HUMPHREY . To dine with Duke Humphrey ; to fast . In old St. Paul's church was an aisle called Duke Humphrey's walk ( from a tomb vulgarly called ...
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... Queer flash ; a miserable weather - beaten caxon . To FLASH . To shew ostentatiously . To flash one's ivory ; to laugh and shew one's teeth . Don't flash your ivory , but shut your potatoe trap , and keep your guts warm ; the Devil ...
... Queer flash ; a miserable weather - beaten caxon . To FLASH . To shew ostentatiously . To flash one's ivory ; to laugh and shew one's teeth . Don't flash your ivory , but shut your potatoe trap , and keep your guts warm ; the Devil ...
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