Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... 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 transportation ...
... 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 transportation ...
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... ( pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST . A pickpocket caught in the fact , and punish- ed with the discipline of the pump or horse - pond . ANCHOR . Bring your a ...
... ( pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) took that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST . A pickpocket caught in the fact , and punish- ed with the discipline of the pump or horse - pond . ANCHOR . Bring your a ...
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... pretends to be the husband of one of the ladies , and under that pretence extorts money from greenhorns , or ignorant young men , whom he findswith her . See GREENHORN . BULLY COCK . One who foments quarrels in order to rob the persons ...
... pretends to be the husband of one of the ladies , and under that pretence extorts money from greenhorns , or ignorant young men , whom he findswith her . See GREENHORN . BULLY COCK . One who foments quarrels in order to rob the persons ...
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... pretending to whip the cat , haul the astonished booby through the water . --- To whip the cat , is also a term among tailors for work- ing jobs at private houses , as practised in the country . CATAMARAN . An old scraggy woman ; from a ...
... pretending to whip the cat , haul the astonished booby through the water . --- To whip the cat , is also a term among tailors for work- ing jobs at private houses , as practised in the country . CATAMARAN . An old scraggy woman ; from a ...
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... pretend to dairy- maids , to get cream and other good things from them . TO CREEME . To slip or slide any thing into the hands of another . Cant . CREEPERS . Gentlemen's companions , lice . CREW . A knot or gang ; also a boat or ship's ...
... pretend to dairy- maids , to get cream and other good things from them . TO CREEME . To slip or slide any thing into the hands of another . Cant . CREEPERS . Gentlemen's companions , lice . CREW . A knot or gang ; also a boat or ship's ...
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