Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel . The Floating Academy ; the lighters on board of which those persons are confined , who by a late regulation are condemned to hard labour , instead of ...
... SHAM ABRAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A brothel . The Floating Academy ; the lighters on board of which those persons are confined , who by a late regulation are condemned to hard labour , instead of ...
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... sham illness , to avoid being sent to Botany Bay . BAYARD OF TEN TOES . To ride bayard of ten toes , is to walk on foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old romances . BEAK . A justice of peace , or magistrate . Also a judge or chairman ...
... sham illness , to avoid being sent to Botany Bay . BAYARD OF TEN TOES . To ride bayard of ten toes , is to walk on foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old romances . BEAK . A justice of peace , or magistrate . Also a judge or chairman ...
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... SHAM FILE . A common whore , but no pickpocket . BUTTOCK AND TONGUE . A Scolding wife . BUTTOCKING SHOP . A brothel . BUTTON . A bad shilling , among coiners . His a - se makes buttons ; he is ready to bewray himself through fear . Cant ...
... SHAM FILE . A common whore , but no pickpocket . BUTTOCK AND TONGUE . A Scolding wife . BUTTOCKING SHOP . A brothel . BUTTON . A bad shilling , among coiners . His a - se makes buttons ; he is ready to bewray himself through fear . Cant ...
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... sham books , and his pall capped ; the deep one cheated the countryman with false cards , and his confederate assisted in the fraud . CAP ACQUAINTANCE . Persons slightly acquainted , or only so far as mutually to salute with the hat on ...
... sham books , and his pall capped ; the deep one cheated the countryman with false cards , and his confederate assisted in the fraud . CAP ACQUAINTANCE . Persons slightly acquainted , or only so far as mutually to salute with the hat on ...
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... Sham sleeves to put over a dirty shift or shirt . See SHAMS . CHEEK BY JOWL . Side by side , hand to fist . CHEEKS . Ask cheeks near cunnyborough ; the repartee of a St. Gilse's fair one , who bids you ask her backside , anglicè her a ...
... Sham sleeves to put over a dirty shift or shirt . See SHAMS . CHEEK BY JOWL . Side by side , hand to fist . CHEEKS . Ask cheeks near cunnyborough ; the repartee of a St. Gilse's fair one , who bids you ask her backside , anglicè her a ...
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