Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... Tyburn , the place of exe- cution for criminals condemned in London , was up that hill . Criminals going to suffer , always ride backwards , as some conceive to increase the ignominy , but more pro- bably to prevent them being shocked ...
... Tyburn , the place of exe- cution for criminals condemned in London , was up that hill . Criminals going to suffer , always ride backwards , as some conceive to increase the ignominy , but more pro- bably to prevent them being shocked ...
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... Tyburn , and consequently of this pro- cession , was in the year 1784 , since which the criminals have been executed near Newgate . HOLIDAY . A holiday bowler ; a bad bowler . Blind man's holiday ; darkness , night . A holiday is any ...
... Tyburn , and consequently of this pro- cession , was in the year 1784 , since which the criminals have been executed near Newgate . HOLIDAY . A holiday bowler ; a bad bowler . Blind man's holiday ; darkness , night . A holiday is any ...
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... Tyburn being in the parish or neighbourhood of Paddington . To dance the Paddington frisk ; to be hanged . PADDY . The general name for an Irishman : being the ab- breviation of Patrick , the name of the tutelar saint of that island ...
... Tyburn being in the parish or neighbourhood of Paddington . To dance the Paddington frisk ; to be hanged . PADDY . The general name for an Irishman : being the ab- breviation of Patrick , the name of the tutelar saint of that island ...
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... Tyburn . TRINGUM TRANGUM . TRINING . Hanging . A whim , or maggot . TRINKETS . Toys , bawbles , or nicknacks . TRIP . A short voyage or journey , a false step or stumble , an error in the tongue , a bastard . She has made a trip ; she ...
... Tyburn . TRINGUM TRANGUM . TRINING . Hanging . A whim , or maggot . TRINKETS . Toys , bawbles , or nicknacks . TRIP . A short voyage or journey , a false step or stumble , an error in the tongue , a bastard . She has made a trip ; she ...
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... TYBURN BLOSSOM . A young thief or pickpocket , who in time will ripen into fruit borne by the deadly never - green . TYBURN TIPPET . A halter ; see Latimer's sermon before Edward VI . A. D. 1549 . TYBURN TOP , or FORETOP . A wig with ...
... TYBURN BLOSSOM . A young thief or pickpocket , who in time will ripen into fruit borne by the deadly never - green . TYBURN TIPPET . A halter ; see Latimer's sermon before Edward VI . A. D. 1549 . TYBURN TOP , or FORETOP . A wig with ...
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