Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man ; as , So , Sir , I see somebody has offended you , for your back is up . BACON . He has saved his bacon ; he has escaped . He has a good voice to beg bacon ; a saying in ridicule of a ...
... allusion also sometimes used to jeer a crooked man ; as , So , Sir , I see somebody has offended you , for your back is up . BACON . He has saved his bacon ; he has escaped . He has a good voice to beg bacon ; a saying in ridicule of a ...
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... allusion to barley . BARNABY . An old dance to a quick movement . See Cotton , in his Virgil Travesti ; where , speaking of Eolus he has these lines , Bounce cry the port - holes , out they fly , " And make the world dance Barnaby ...
... allusion to barley . BARNABY . An old dance to a quick movement . See Cotton , in his Virgil Travesti ; where , speaking of Eolus he has these lines , Bounce cry the port - holes , out they fly , " And make the world dance Barnaby ...
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... allusion to the popish form of ex- communicating and anathematizing persons who had of- fended the church . TO BEAR THE BELL . To excel or surpass all competitors , to be the principal in a body or society ; an allusion to the fore ...
... allusion to the popish form of ex- communicating and anathematizing persons who had of- fended the church . TO BEAR THE BELL . To excel or surpass all competitors , to be the principal in a body or society ; an allusion to the fore ...
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... allusion to the blue aprons worn by publicans . See ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE . BLUE PIGEONS . 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 ...
... allusion to the blue aprons worn by publicans . See ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE . BLUE PIGEONS . 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 ...
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... allusion to a vicar of Bray , in Berkshire , commemorated in a well - known ballad for the pliability of his conscience . BRAZEN - FACED . Bold - faced , shameless , impudent . BREAD AND BUTTER FASHION . One slice upon the other . John ...
... allusion to a vicar of Bray , in Berkshire , commemorated in a well - known ballad for the pliability of his conscience . BRAZEN - FACED . Bold - faced , shameless , impudent . BREAD AND BUTTER FASHION . One slice upon the other . John ...
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