Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... nose by the pox . FRENCH LEAVE . To take French leave ; to go off without taking leave of the company : a saying frequently applied to persons who have run away from their creditors . FRENCHIFIED . Infected with the venereal disease ...
... nose by the pox . FRENCH LEAVE . To take French leave ; to go off without taking leave of the company : a saying frequently applied to persons who have run away from their creditors . FRENCHIFIED . Infected with the venereal disease ...
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... nose . Snitchel his gigg ; fillip his nose , Grun- ter's gigg ; a hog's snout . Gigg is also a high one - horse chaise , and a woman's privities . To gigg a Smithfield hank ; to hamstring an over - drove ox , vulgarly called a mad ...
... nose . Snitchel his gigg ; fillip his nose , Grun- ter's gigg ; a hog's snout . Gigg is also a high one - horse chaise , and a woman's privities . To gigg a Smithfield hank ; to hamstring an over - drove ox , vulgarly called a mad ...
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... nose . HANDSOME . He is a handsome - bodied man in the face ; a jeering commendation of an ugly fellow . Handsome is that handsome does : a proverb frequently cited by ugly women . HANDSOME REWARD . This , in advertisements , means a ...
... nose . HANDSOME . He is a handsome - bodied man in the face ; a jeering commendation of an ugly fellow . Handsome is that handsome does : a proverb frequently cited by ugly women . HANDSOME REWARD . This , in advertisements , means a ...
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... nose out of joint ; to rival one in the favour of a patron or mistress . JOLLY , OF JOLLY NOB . The head . I'll lump your jolly nob for you ; I'll give you a knock on the head . JOLLY DOG . A merry facetious fellow ; a bon vivant , who ...
... nose out of joint ; to rival one in the favour of a patron or mistress . JOLLY , OF JOLLY NOB . The head . I'll lump your jolly nob for you ; I'll give you a knock on the head . JOLLY DOG . A merry facetious fellow ; a bon vivant , who ...
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... nose . LIGHT TROOPs . Lice ; the light troops are in full march ; the lice are crawling about . LIGHTMANS . The day . Cant . LIGHTNING . Gin . A flash of lightning ; a glass of gin . LIKENESS . A phrase used by thieves when the officers ...
... nose . LIGHT TROOPs . Lice ; the light troops are in full march ; the lice are crawling about . LIGHTMANS . The day . Cant . LIGHTNING . Gin . A flash of lightning ; a glass of gin . LIKENESS . A phrase used by thieves when the officers ...
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a-se allusion appellation bailiff bawdy-house beat beef beer beggars blow bottle 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 drink drunk Exchange Alley eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly French frequently gallows gentleman girl give guinea guts hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK King's lame duck legs link-boy liquor married mistress MORT mouth Newgate nick name nose officers one's person pickpocket piece pillory play pocket Pot valiant practised pretend prison prostitute QUEER rogue sailors saying Sea phrase Sea term sham sharper signify soldier steal story sword tail taylor thief thieves thing trick Tyburn venereal venereal disease vulgar wench whipped whore wife wine woman women word young