Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... JACK . A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves . BLACK JACK . A jug to drink out of , made of jacked lea- ther . BLACK JOKE . A popular tune to a song , having for the burden , " Her black joke and belly so white ...
... JACK . A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves . BLACK JACK . A jug to drink out of , made of jacked lea- ther . BLACK JOKE . A popular tune to a song , having for the burden , " Her black joke and belly so white ...
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... Jack in a box . Cant .--- See JACK IN A Box . BLEATING CHEAT . A sheep . Cant . BLEATING RIG . Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . One who parts ...
... Jack in a box . Cant .--- See JACK IN A Box . BLEATING CHEAT . A sheep . Cant . BLEATING RIG . Sheep stealing . Cant . BLEEDERS . Spurs . He clapped his bleeders to his prad ; he put spurs to his horse . BLEEDING CULLY . One who parts ...
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... jack by a colt bowler , i . e . a person raw or unexperienced in the art of bowling . COLT'S TOOTH . An old fellow who marries or keeps a young girl , is said to have a colt's tooth in his head . COLT VEAL . Coarse red veal , more like ...
... jack by a colt bowler , i . e . a person raw or unexperienced in the art of bowling . COLT'S TOOTH . An old fellow who marries or keeps a young girl , is said to have a colt's tooth in his head . COLT VEAL . Coarse red veal , more like ...
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... Jack , the crown office was full ; Is - k - d a woman with her a -- e upwards , she was so drunk , that her head lay on the ground . CRUISERS . Beggars , or highway spies , who traverse the road , to give intelligence of a booty ; also ...
... Jack , the crown office was full ; Is - k - d a woman with her a -- e upwards , she was so drunk , that her head lay on the ground . CRUISERS . Beggars , or highway spies , who traverse the road , to give intelligence of a booty ; also ...
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... jack ass : called don- key , perhaps , from the Spanish or don - like gravity of that animal , intitled also the king of Spain's trumpeter . DOODLE . A silly fellow , or noodle : see NOODLE . Also a child's penis . Doodle doo , or Cock ...
... jack ass : called don- key , perhaps , from the Spanish or don - like gravity of that animal , intitled also the king of Spain's trumpeter . DOODLE . A silly fellow , or noodle : see NOODLE . Also a child's penis . Doodle doo , or Cock ...
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