Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... one's interest . To know on which side one's bread is buttered ' ; to know one's interest , or what is best for one . It is no bread and butter of mine ; I have no business with it ; or rather , I won't intermed- dle , because I ...
... one's interest . To know on which side one's bread is buttered ' ; to know one's interest , or what is best for one . It is no bread and butter of mine ; I have no business with it ; or rather , I won't intermed- dle , because I ...
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... one's nose ; to push the bottle past him , so as to deprive him of his turn of filling his glass ; to pass one over . Also to play booty , or pur- posely to avoid winning . BRIM . ( Abbreviation of Brimstone . ) An abandoned wo- man ...
... one's nose ; to push the bottle past him , so as to deprive him of his turn of filling his glass ; to pass one over . Also to play booty , or pur- posely to avoid winning . BRIM . ( Abbreviation of Brimstone . ) An abandoned wo- man ...
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... one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e . don't move from hence , stay here . BUDGET . A wallet . To open the budget ; a term used to signify the notification of the taxes required by the minister for the expences of the ensuing ...
... one's station . Don't budge from hence ; i . e . don't move from hence , stay here . BUDGET . A wallet . To open the budget ; a term used to signify the notification of the taxes required by the minister for the expences of the ensuing ...
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... one's eye is bunged up or closed . BUNT . An apron . BUNTER . A low dirty prostitute , half whore and half beggar . BUNTLINGS . Petticoats . Cant . BURN CRUST . A jocular name for a baker . BURN THE KEN . Strollers living in an alehouse ...
... one's eye is bunged up or closed . BUNT . An apron . BUNTER . A low dirty prostitute , half whore and half beggar . BUNTLINGS . Petticoats . Cant . BURN CRUST . A jocular name for a baker . BURN THE KEN . Strollers living in an alehouse ...
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... one's thumb instead of smacking calf's skin , the guilt of taking a false oath is avoided . CALVES . His calves are gone to grass ; a saying of a man with slender legs without calves . Veal will be cheap , calves fall ; said of a man ...
... one's thumb instead of smacking calf's skin , the guilt of taking a false oath is avoided . CALVES . His calves are gone to grass ; a saying of a man with slender legs without calves . Veal will be cheap , calves fall ; said of a man ...
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