Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... nick name for a taylor . BOTHERED OF BOTH - EARED . Talked to at both ears by differ- ent persons at the same time , confounded , confused . Irish phrase . BOTHERAMS . A convivial society . BOTTLE - HEADED . Void of wit . Воттом . А ...
... nick name for a taylor . BOTHERED OF BOTH - EARED . Talked to at both ears by differ- ent persons at the same time , confounded , confused . Irish phrase . BOTHERAMS . A convivial society . BOTTLE - HEADED . Void of wit . Воттом . А ...
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... nick name given by the Irish to Englishmen bugs having , as it is said , been introduced into Ireland by the English . To BUG . A cant word among journeymen hatters , sig- nifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of which a ...
... nick name given by the Irish to Englishmen bugs having , as it is said , been introduced into Ireland by the English . To BUG . A cant word among journeymen hatters , sig- nifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of which a ...
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... nick name for a soldier . In the year 1745 , a soldier quartered at a house near Derby , was desi- red by his landlord to call upon him , whenever he came that way ; for , added he , soldiers are the pillars of the na- tion . The ...
... nick name for a soldier . In the year 1745 , a soldier quartered at a house near Derby , was desi- red by his landlord to call upon him , whenever he came that way ; for , added he , soldiers are the pillars of the na- tion . The ...
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... nick name for a carpenter . CHIRPING MERRY . Exhilarated with liquor . Chirping glass , a cheerful glass , that makes the company chirp like birds in spring . CHIT . An infant or baby . CHITTERLINS . The bowels . There is a rumpus among ...
... nick name for a carpenter . CHIRPING MERRY . Exhilarated with liquor . Chirping glass , a cheerful glass , that makes the company chirp like birds in spring . CHIT . An infant or baby . CHITTERLINS . The bowels . There is a rumpus among ...
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... nick name for an apothecary . COACH WHEEL . A half crown piece is a fore coach wheel , and a crown piece a hind coach wheel ; the fore wheels of a coach being less than the hind ones . TO COAX . To fondle , or wheedle . To coax a pair ...
... nick name for an apothecary . COACH WHEEL . A half crown piece is a fore coach wheel , and a crown piece a hind coach wheel ; the fore wheels of a coach being less than the hind ones . TO COAX . To fondle , or wheedle . To coax a pair ...
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a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beer beggars blow bottle BOX THE JESUIT brandy breeches BROWN BESS bull bully called Cambridge Cant cant language canting crew cheat child clothes cock cove cuckold cull darkmans Devil dice DOG LATIN dram dressed drink drunk eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman give guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK kiddey king's lame duck legs link-boy liquor married mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory PISS play plump pocket Pot valiant practised pretend prison prostitute PUDDING QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea term sharper shilling signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing tongue trick venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife woman word young