Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... , who takes more on his plate than he can eat . BELLYFULL . A hearty beating , sufficient to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her belly full . BELLY BELLY CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . The.
... , who takes more on his plate than he can eat . BELLYFULL . A hearty beating , sufficient to make a man yield or give out . A woman with child is also said to have got her belly full . BELLY BELLY CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . The.
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... CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . The plea of pregnancy , generally adduced by female felons capitally convicted , which they take care to provide for , previous to their trials ; every gaol having , as the Beggar's Opera informs us , one ...
... CHEAT . An apron . BELLY PLEA . The plea of pregnancy , generally adduced by female felons capitally convicted , which they take care to provide for , previous to their trials ; every gaol having , as the Beggar's Opera informs us , one ...
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... cheat . Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare . Cant . Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought gallant actions . BILL OF SALE . A ...
... cheat . Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare . Cant . Bilking a coachman , a box - keeper , and a poor whore , were former- ly , among men of the town , thought gallant actions . BILL OF SALE . A ...
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... cheat ; also a woman's privities . The cull wapt the mort's bite ; the fellow enjoyed the wench heartily . Cant . TO BITE . To over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --- Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to ...
... cheat ; also a woman's privities . The cull wapt the mort's bite ; the fellow enjoyed the wench heartily . Cant . TO BITE . To over - reach , or impose ; also to steal .--- Cant . --- Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit , similar to ...
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... 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 easily with his money , or bleeds freely . BLEEDING NEW ...
... 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 easily with his money , or bleeds freely . BLEEDING NEW ...
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