Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... Cambridge ; and William Soames , Esq . of the Hon . Society of Newman's Hotel . LONDON : PRINTED FOR C. CHAPPEL , Pall - Mall ; SOLD BY J. JOHNSTON , CHEAPSIDE ; GODDARD , PALL- MALL , AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS . 1811 . RO BY W. N. ...
... Cambridge ; and William Soames , Esq . of the Hon . Society of Newman's Hotel . LONDON : PRINTED FOR C. CHAPPEL , Pall - Mall ; SOLD BY J. JOHNSTON , CHEAPSIDE ; GODDARD , PALL- MALL , AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS . 1811 . RO BY W. N. ...
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... ( Cambridge ) , A certificate from the apothe- cary that you are indisposed , ( i . e . ) to go to chapel . He sports an Agrotat , he is sick , and unable to attend Chapel , or Hall . It does not follow , however , but that he can Strum a ...
... ( Cambridge ) , A certificate from the apothe- cary that you are indisposed , ( i . e . ) to go to chapel . He sports an Agrotat , he is sick , and unable to attend Chapel , or Hall . It does not follow , however , but that he can Strum a ...
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... ( Cambridge . ) Men who are plucked , refused their degree . APOTHECARY . To talk like an apothecary ; to use hard or gallipot words : from the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this ...
... ( Cambridge . ) Men who are plucked , refused their degree . APOTHECARY . To talk like an apothecary ; to use hard or gallipot words : from the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this ...
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... ( Cambridge . ) Baige - men on the river . BARKER . The shopman of a bow - wow shop , or dealer in second hand clothes , particularly about Monmouth - Street , who walks before his master's door , and deafens every pas- senger with his ...
... ( Cambridge . ) Baige - men on the river . BARKER . The shopman of a bow - wow shop , or dealer in second hand clothes , particularly about Monmouth - Street , who walks before his master's door , and deafens every pas- senger with his ...
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... Cambridge to attend on the Students , sweep his room , & c . They will put their hands to any thing , and are generally blest with a pretty family of daughters : who unmake the beds , as fast as they are made by their mothers . BEEF ...
... Cambridge to attend on the Students , sweep his room , & c . They will put their hands to any thing , and are generally blest with a pretty family of daughters : who unmake the beds , as fast as they are made by their mothers . BEEF ...
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