Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... gallows , called also the Wooden and Three - legged Mare . You will be hanged . - See THREE - LEGGED MARE . ACT OF PARLIAMENT . A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly ...
... gallows , called also the Wooden and Three - legged Mare . You will be hanged . - See THREE - LEGGED MARE . ACT OF PARLIAMENT . A military term for small beer , five pints of which , by an act of parliament , a landlord was for- merly ...
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... gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs , carrols , & c . for ballad - singers . Cant . CHAUNT . A song . TO CHAUNT . To sing . To publish an account in the news- papers ...
... gallows . CHATES . The gallows . Cant . CHAUNTER CULLS . Grub - street writers , who compose songs , carrols , & c . for ballad - singers . Cant . CHAUNT . A song . TO CHAUNT . To sing . To publish an account in the news- papers ...
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... gallows . CLINCH . A pun or quibble . To clinch , or to clinch the nail ; to confirm an improbable story by another : as , A. man swore he drove a tenpenny nail through the moon ; a bystander said it was true , for he was on the other ...
... gallows . CLINCH . A pun or quibble . To clinch , or to clinch the nail ; to confirm an improbable story by another : as , A. man swore he drove a tenpenny nail through the moon ; a bystander said it was true , for he was on the other ...
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... gallows , DANGLER . One who follows women in general , without any particular attachment . DAPPER FELLOW . A smart , well - made , little man . DARBIES . Fetters . Cant . DARBY . Ready money . Cant . DARK 1 DE A DARK CULLY . A married ...
... gallows , DANGLER . One who follows women in general , without any particular attachment . DAPPER FELLOW . A smart , well - made , little man . DARBIES . Fetters . Cant . DARBY . Ready money . Cant . DARK 1 DE A DARK CULLY . A married ...
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... gallows , or three - legged mare . See THREE - LEGGED MARE . DEAR JOYS . Irishmen : from their frequently making use of that expression . DEATH HUNTER . An undertaker , one who furnishes the necessary articles for funerals . See CARRION ...
... gallows , or three - legged mare . See THREE - LEGGED MARE . DEAR JOYS . Irishmen : from their frequently making use of that expression . DEATH HUNTER . An undertaker , one who furnishes the necessary articles for funerals . See CARRION ...
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