Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... 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 suspicious at us . DAM DAB . An adept ; a dab at any feat or ...
... 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 suspicious at us . DAM DAB . An adept ; a dab at any feat or ...
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... FLASH . Knowing . Understanding another's meaning . The swell was flash , so I could not draw his fogle . The gen- tleman saw what I was about , and therefore I could not pick his pocket of his silk handkerchief . To patter flash ...
... FLASH . Knowing . Understanding another's meaning . The swell was flash , so I could not draw his fogle . The gen- tleman saw what I was about , and therefore I could not pick his pocket of his silk handkerchief . To patter flash ...
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... flash man . Is he foolish or flash ? FOOT PADS , or Low PADS . Rogues who rob on foot . FOOT WABBLER . A contemptuous appellation for a foot soldier , commonly used by the cavalry . FOOT- FRE FOOTMAN'S MAWND . An artificial sore made ...
... flash man . Is he foolish or flash ? FOOT PADS , or Low PADS . Rogues who rob on foot . FOOT WABBLER . A contemptuous appellation for a foot soldier , commonly used by the cavalry . FOOT- FRE FOOTMAN'S MAWND . An artificial sore made ...
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... Flash . GILFLURT . A proud minks , a vain capricious woman . GILL . The abbreviation of Gillian , figuratively used for woman . Every jack has his gill ; i . e . every jack has his gillian , or female mate . GILLS . The cheeks . To look ...
... Flash . GILFLURT . A proud minks , a vain capricious woman . GILL . The abbreviation of Gillian , figuratively used for woman . Every jack has his gill ; i . e . every jack has his gillian , or female mate . GILLS . The cheeks . To look ...
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... flash the hash ; to vomit . Cant . HASTY . Precipitate , passionate . He is none of the Hastings sort ; a saying of a slow , loitering fellow : an allusion to the Hastings pea , which is the first in season . HASTY PUDDING . Oatmeal and ...
... flash the hash ; to vomit . Cant . HASTY . Precipitate , passionate . He is none of the Hastings sort ; a saying of a slow , loitering fellow : an allusion to the Hastings pea , which is the first in season . HASTY PUDDING . Oatmeal and ...
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