Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... Formerly purses were worn at the girdle , from whence they were cut . Boose , or BOUSE . Drink . BOOSEY . Drunk . BOWSING KEN . An ale - house or gin - shop . BOWSPRIT . The nose , from its being the most projecting part of the human ...
... Formerly purses were worn at the girdle , from whence they were cut . Boose , or BOUSE . Drink . BOOSEY . Drunk . BOWSING KEN . An ale - house or gin - shop . BOWSPRIT . The nose , from its being the most projecting part of the human ...
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... formerly used for doctors ' robes , whence they were called budge doctors . Standing budge ; a thief's scout or spy . TO BUDGE . To move , or quit one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e . don't move from hence , stay here ...
... formerly used for doctors ' robes , whence they were called budge doctors . Standing budge ; a thief's scout or spy . TO BUDGE . To move , or quit one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e . don't move from hence , stay here ...
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... formerly much worn by women . To look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An ...
... formerly much worn by women . To look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . BULL . A crown piece . A half bull ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An ...
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... formerly worn by women , to stiffen the fore part of their stays : hence the toast - Both ends of the busk . BUSS BEGGAR . An old superannuated fumbler , whom none but beggars will suffer to kiss them . BUS - NAPPER . A constable . Cunt ...
... formerly worn by women , to stiffen the fore part of their stays : hence the toast - Both ends of the busk . BUSS BEGGAR . An old superannuated fumbler , whom none but beggars will suffer to kiss them . BUS - NAPPER . A constable . Cunt ...
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... formerly inflicted on bawds , who were placed in a tumbrel or cart , and led through a town , that their persons might be known . CARVEL'S RING . The private parts of a woman . Carvel , a jealous old doctor , being in bed with his wife ...
... formerly inflicted on bawds , who were placed in a tumbrel or cart , and led through a town , that their persons might be known . CARVEL'S RING . The private parts of a woman . Carvel , a jealous old doctor , being in bed with his wife ...
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