Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... clothes , petticoats , shift and all , close to their stays , and then turning them into the street . DOCTOR . Milk and water , with a little rum , and some nut- meg ; also the name of a composition used by distillers , to DOM to make ...
... clothes , petticoats , shift and all , close to their stays , and then turning them into the street . DOCTOR . Milk and water , with a little rum , and some nut- meg ; also the name of a composition used by distillers , to DOM to make ...
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... Clothes . DUFFERS . Cheats who ply in different parts of the town , particularly about Water - lane , opposite St. Clement's church , in the Strand , and pretend to deal in smuggled goods , stopping all country people , or such as they ...
... Clothes . DUFFERS . Cheats who ply in different parts of the town , particularly about Water - lane , opposite St. Clement's church , in the Strand , and pretend to deal in smuggled goods , stopping all country people , or such as they ...
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... . e . ten times as drunk as a lord . ENGLISH BURGUNDY . Porter . ENSIGN BEARER . A drunken man , who looks red in the face , or hoists his colours in his drink . EQUIPT . EYE EQUIPT . Rich ; also , having new clothes DIE.
... . e . ten times as drunk as a lord . ENGLISH BURGUNDY . Porter . ENSIGN BEARER . A drunken man , who looks red in the face , or hoists his colours in his drink . EQUIPT . EYE EQUIPT . Rich ; also , having new clothes DIE.
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... clothes . Well equipt ; full of money , or well dressed . The cull equipped me with a brace of meggs ; the gentleman furnished me with a couple of guineas . ESSEX LION . A calf ; Essex being famous for calves , and chiefly supplying the ...
... clothes . Well equipt ; full of money , or well dressed . The cull equipped me with a brace of meggs ; the gentleman furnished me with a couple of guineas . ESSEX LION . A calf ; Essex being famous for calves , and chiefly supplying the ...
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... clothes from an hedge , or any thing out of a casement . Filcher ; the same as angler . Filching cove ; a man thief . Filching mort ; a woman thief . FILE , FILE CLOY , or BUNGNIPPER . A pick pocket . To file ; to rob or cheat . The ...
... clothes from an hedge , or any thing out of a casement . Filcher ; the same as angler . Filching cove ; a man thief . Filching mort ; a woman thief . FILE , FILE CLOY , or BUNGNIPPER . A pick pocket . To file ; to rob or cheat . The ...
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