Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... brandy , or any other spirits , that have been lowered with water . BARBER'S CHAIR . She is as common as a barber's chair , in which a whole parish sit to be trimmed ; said of a pros- titute . BARBER'S SIGN . A standing pole and two ...
... brandy , or any other spirits , that have been lowered with water . BARBER'S CHAIR . She is as common as a barber's chair , in which a whole parish sit to be trimmed ; said of a pros- titute . BARBER'S SIGN . A standing pole and two ...
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... Brandy or other spirituous liquor . Cant . BINGO BOY . A dram drinker . Cant . BINGO MORT . A female dram drinker . Cant . BINNACLE WORD . A fine or affected word , which sailors jeeringly offer to chalk up on the binnacle . BIRD AND ...
... Brandy or other spirituous liquor . Cant . BINGO BOY . A dram drinker . Cant . BINGO MORT . A female dram drinker . Cant . BINNACLE WORD . A fine or affected word , which sailors jeeringly offer to chalk up on the binnacle . BIRD AND ...
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... brandy . TO BLOW THE GROUNSILS . To lie with a woman on the floor . Cant . TO BLOW THE GAB . To confess , or impeach a confe- derate . Cant . BLOW - UP . A discovery , or the confusion occasioned by one . A BLOWSE , or BLOWSABELLA . A ...
... brandy . TO BLOW THE GROUNSILS . To lie with a woman on the floor . Cant . TO BLOW THE GAB . To confess , or impeach a confe- derate . Cant . BLOW - UP . A discovery , or the confusion occasioned by one . A BLOWSE , or BLOWSABELLA . A ...
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... BRANDY - FACED . Red - faced , as if from drinking brandy . BRANDY . Brandy is Latin for a goose ; a memento to prevent the animal from rising in the stomach by a glass of the good creature . BRAT . A child or infant . BRAY . A vicar of ...
... BRANDY - FACED . Red - faced , as if from drinking brandy . BRANDY . Brandy is Latin for a goose ; a memento to prevent the animal from rising in the stomach by a glass of the good creature . BRAT . A child or infant . BRAY . A vicar of ...
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... Brandy , water , and sugar ; also the negro name for the private parts of a woman . BUMKIN . A raw country fellow . BUMMED . Arrested . BUMPER . A full glass ; in all likelihood from its convexity or bump at the top : some derive it ...
... Brandy , water , and sugar ; also the negro name for the private parts of a woman . BUMKIN . A raw country fellow . BUMMED . Arrested . BUMPER . A full glass ; in all likelihood from its convexity or bump at the top : some derive it ...
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