Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... commonly produced at bawdy - houses , spunging - houses , & c . Vide DUTCH RECKONING . ALTITUDES . The man is in his altitudes , i . e . he is drunk . AMBASSADOR . A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman , frequently played on ...
... commonly produced at bawdy - houses , spunging - houses , & c . Vide DUTCH RECKONING . ALTITUDES . The man is in his altitudes , i . e . he is drunk . AMBASSADOR . A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman , frequently played on ...
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... on by the gentlemen of this profession , who are commonly as superficial in their learn- ing as they are pedantic in their language . APOTHECARY'S BILL . A long bill . APOTHECARY'S ARS APOTHECARY'S , or LAW LATIN . Barbarous Latin ,
... on by the gentlemen of this profession , who are commonly as superficial in their learn- ing as they are pedantic in their language . APOTHECARY'S BILL . A long bill . APOTHECARY'S ARS APOTHECARY'S , or LAW LATIN . Barbarous Latin ,
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... commonly ornamented with a bell or bells . Some suppose it a term borrowed from an ancient tournament , where the victori- ous knights bore away the belle or fair lady . Others derive it from a horse - race , or other rural contentions ...
... commonly ornamented with a bell or bells . Some suppose it a term borrowed from an ancient tournament , where the victori- ous knights bore away the belle or fair lady . Others derive it from a horse - race , or other rural contentions ...
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... commonly pronounced BIDDY . A kind of tub , con- trived for ladies to wash themselves , for which purpose they bestride it like a French poney , or post - horse , called in French bidets . BIENLY . Excellently . She wheedled so bienly ...
... commonly pronounced BIDDY . A kind of tub , con- trived for ladies to wash themselves , for which purpose they bestride it like a French poney , or post - horse , called in French bidets . BIENLY . Excellently . She wheedled so bienly ...
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... commonly a goat's ; also a nick name for a drunkard . BORDE , A shilling . A half borde ; a sixpence , BORDELLO . A bawdy house . BORE . A tedious , troublesome man or woman , one who bores the ears of his hearers with an uninteresting ...
... commonly a goat's ; also a nick name for a drunkard . BORDE , A shilling . A half borde ; a sixpence , BORDELLO . A bawdy house . BORE . A tedious , troublesome man or woman , one who bores the ears of his hearers with an uninteresting ...
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