Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... MORT . Struck dumb , confounded . What , sweet one , all - a - mort ? Shakespeare . ALL HOLIDAY . It is all holiday at Peckham , or it is all ho- : liday AMU liday with him ; a saying signifying that it.
... MORT . Struck dumb , confounded . What , sweet one , all - a - mort ? Shakespeare . ALL HOLIDAY . It is all holiday at Peckham , or it is all ho- : liday AMU liday with him ; a saying signifying that it.
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... MORT . A married woman ; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity . Cant . AUTEM QUAVERS . Quakers . AUTEM QUAVER TUB . A Quakers ' meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . Acquainted with , knowing the ...
... MORT . A married woman ; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity . Cant . AUTEM QUAVERS . Quakers . AUTEM QUAVER TUB . A Quakers ' meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . Acquainted with , knowing the ...
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... MORT . A female dram drinker . Cant . BINNACLE WORD . A fine or affected word , which sailors jeeringly offer to chalk up on the binnacle . BIRD AND BABY . The sign of the eagle and child . BIRD - WITTED . Inconsiderate , thoughtless ...
... MORT . A female dram drinker . Cant . BINNACLE WORD . A fine or affected word , which sailors jeeringly offer to chalk up on the binnacle . BIRD AND BABY . The sign of the eagle and child . BIRD - WITTED . Inconsiderate , thoughtless ...
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... mort's bite ; the fellow enjoyed the wench heartily . Cant . ΤΟ ΒΙΤΕ . Τo over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --- Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to the humbug . An instance of it is given in the ...
... mort's bite ; the fellow enjoyed the wench heartily . Cant . ΤΟ ΒΙΤΕ . Τo over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --- Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to the humbug . An instance of it is given in the ...
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... MORT . A fair - complexioned wench . BLEATERS . Those cheated by Jack in a box . Cant .--- See JACK IN A BOX . BLEATING CHEAT . A sheep . Cant . BLEATING RIG . Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his ...
... MORT . A fair - complexioned wench . BLEATERS . Those cheated by Jack in a box . Cant .--- See JACK IN A BOX . BLEATING CHEAT . A sheep . Cant . BLEATING RIG . Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his ...
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