Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... blow , i . e . he has stolen the goods . Cant . BLOWEN . A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp . The ... BLOW THE GROUNSILS . To lie with a woman on the floor . Cant . TO BLOW THE GAB . To confess , or impeach a confe ...
... blow , i . e . he has stolen the goods . Cant . BLOWEN . A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp . The ... BLOW THE GROUNSILS . To lie with a woman on the floor . Cant . TO BLOW THE GAB . To confess , or impeach a confe ...
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... blow in the stomach . BREAST FLEET . He or she belongs to the breast fleet ; i.e. is a Roman catholic ; an appellation derived from their cus- tom of beating their breasts in the confession of their sins . BREECHED . Money in the pocket ...
... blow in the stomach . BREAST FLEET . He or she belongs to the breast fleet ; i.e. is a Roman catholic ; an appellation derived from their cus- tom of beating their breasts in the confession of their sins . BREECHED . Money in the pocket ...
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... BLOW . A bastard . CAB CABBAGE . Cloth , stuff , or silk purloined by taylors from their employers , which they deposit in a place called hell , or their eye : from the first , when taxed , with their knavery , they equivocally swear ...
... BLOW . A bastard . CAB CABBAGE . Cloth , stuff , or silk purloined by taylors from their employers , which they deposit in a place called hell , or their eye : from the first , when taxed , with their knavery , they equivocally swear ...
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... blow . Boxing term . TO CHOP AND CHANGE . To exchange backwards and for- wards . To chop , in the canting sense , means making dispatch , or hurrying over any business : ex . The autem bawler will soon quit the hums , for he chops up ...
... blow . Boxing term . TO CHOP AND CHANGE . To exchange backwards and for- wards . To chop , in the canting sense , means making dispatch , or hurrying over any business : ex . The autem bawler will soon quit the hums , for he chops up ...
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... CLERKED . Soothed , funned , imposed on . The cull will not be clerked ; i . e . the fellow will not be imposed on by fair words . CLEYMES . Artificial sores , made by beggars to excite charity , CLICK . CLO CLICK . A blow . A click in the.
... CLERKED . Soothed , funned , imposed on . The cull will not be clerked ; i . e . the fellow will not be imposed on by fair words . CLEYMES . Artificial sores , made by beggars to excite charity , CLICK . CLO CLICK . A blow . A click in the.
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