Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... Irish . ARS MUSICA . A bum fiddlle . ARSE . To hang an arse ; to hang back , to be afraid to ad- vance . He would lend his a -- e , and sh - te through his ribs ; a saying of any one who lends his money inconsiderately . He would lose ...
... Irish . ARS MUSICA . A bum fiddlle . ARSE . To hang an arse ; to hang back , to be afraid to ad- vance . He would lend his a -- e , and sh - te through his ribs ; a saying of any one who lends his money inconsiderately . He would lose ...
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... Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories . Perhaps Banaghan was a minstrel famous for dealing in the marvellous . BANDBOX . Mine a - se on a bandbox ; an answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is ...
... Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories . Perhaps Banaghan was a minstrel famous for dealing in the marvellous . BANDBOX . Mine a - se on a bandbox ; an answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is ...
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... Irish . BARN . A parson's barn ; never so full but there is still room for more . Bit by a barn mouse , tipsey , probably from an allusion to barley . BARNABY . An old dance to a quick movement . See Cotton , in his Virgil Travesti ...
... Irish . BARN . A parson's barn ; never so full but there is still room for more . Bit by a barn mouse , tipsey , probably from an allusion to barley . BARNABY . An old dance to a quick movement . See Cotton , in his Virgil Travesti ...
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... is figurative- ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An abandoned TO BLAST , BLO TO BLAST . To curse . BLATER . A.
... is figurative- ly used telling a marvellous story , or falsity ; and also sometimes to express flattery . Irish . A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE . rogue or prostitute . Cant . An abandoned TO BLAST , BLO TO BLAST . To curse . BLATER . A.
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... Irish . - See DOG LATIN , and APOTHECARIES LATIN . BOGY . Ask bogy , i . e . ask mine a - se . Sea wit . Вон . Said to be the name of a Danish general , who so ter- rified his opponent Foh , that he caused him to bewray himself . Whence ...
... Irish . - See DOG LATIN , and APOTHECARIES LATIN . BOGY . Ask bogy , i . e . ask mine a - se . Sea wit . Вон . Said to be the name of a Danish general , who so ter- rified his opponent Foh , that he caused him to bewray himself . Whence ...
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