Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... plump . CHUCK . Mychuck ; a term of endearment . CHUCK FARTHING . A parish clerk . CHUCKLE - HEADED . Stupid , thick - headed . CHUFFY . Round - faced , chubby . CHUM . A chamber - fellow , particularly at the universities and in prison ...
... plump . CHUCK . Mychuck ; a term of endearment . CHUCK FARTHING . A parish clerk . CHUCKLE - HEADED . Stupid , thick - headed . CHUFFY . Round - faced , chubby . CHUM . A chamber - fellow , particularly at the universities and in prison ...
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... Plump . A fubsey wench ; a plump , healthy wench . FUDDLE . Drunk . tipple , or drink . ard . FUDGE . Nonsense . This is rum fuddle ; this is excellent Fuddle ; drunk . Fuddle cap ; a drunk- FULHAMS . Loaded dice are called high and ...
... Plump . A fubsey wench ; a plump , healthy wench . FUDDLE . Drunk . tipple , or drink . ard . FUDGE . Nonsense . This is rum fuddle ; this is excellent Fuddle ; drunk . Fuddle cap ; a drunk- FULHAMS . Loaded dice are called high and ...
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... PLUMP . Fat , full , fleshy . Plump in the pocket ; full in the pocket . To plump ; to strike , or shoot . I'll give you a plump in the bread basket , or the victualling office : I'll give you a blow in the stomach . Plump his peepers ...
... PLUMP . Fat , full , fleshy . Plump in the pocket ; full in the pocket . To plump ; to strike , or shoot . I'll give you a plump in the bread basket , or the victualling office : I'll give you a blow in the stomach . Plump his peepers ...
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... plump man or woman . PRINCOX . Apert , lively , forward fellow . PRINCUM PRANCUM . Mrs. Princum Prancum ; a nice , precise , formal madam . PRINKING . Dressing over nicely : prinked up as if he came out of a bandbox , or fit to sit upon ...
... plump man or woman . PRINCOX . Apert , lively , forward fellow . PRINCUM PRANCUM . Mrs. Princum Prancum ; a nice , precise , formal madam . PRINKING . Dressing over nicely : prinked up as if he came out of a bandbox , or fit to sit upon ...
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... PLUMP . Fat , full , fleshy . Plump in the pocket ; full in the pocket . To plump ; to strike , or shoot . I'll give you a plump in the bread basket , or the victualling office : I'll give you a blow in the stomach . Plump his peepers ...
... PLUMP . Fat , full , fleshy . Plump in the pocket ; full in the pocket . To plump ; to strike , or shoot . I'll give you a plump in the bread basket , or the victualling office : I'll give you a blow in the stomach . Plump his peepers ...
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