Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... fair . BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of in cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where persons refusing or unable to pay their losings , are adjudged by that respectable as- sembly 津 BEA sembly to be put into a basket suspended.
... fair . BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of in cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where persons refusing or unable to pay their losings , are adjudged by that respectable as- sembly 津 BEA sembly to be put into a basket suspended.
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... fair lady . Others derive it from a horse - race , or other rural contentions , where bells were frequently given as prizes . BELLOWS . The lungs . BELLOWER . The town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long ...
... fair lady . Others derive it from a horse - race , or other rural contentions , where bells were frequently given as prizes . BELLOWS . The lungs . BELLOWER . The town crier . BELLOWSER . Transportation for life : i . e . as long ...
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... fair - complexioned wench . BLEATERS . Those cheated by 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 ...
... fair - complexioned wench . BLEATERS . Those cheated by 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 ...
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... for a robbery , when many persons are on the road , on account of a horse- race , fair , or some other public meeting . CATER COUSINS . Good friends . He and I are not cater 7 cousins , CHA cousins , i . e . we are not.
... for a robbery , when many persons are on the road , on account of a horse- race , fair , or some other public meeting . CATER COUSINS . Good friends . He and I are not cater 7 cousins , CHA cousins , i . e . we are not.
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... fair one , who bids you ask her backside , anglicè her a - se . A like answer is current in France : any one asking the road or distance to Macon , a city near Lyons , would be answered by a French lady of easy virtue , ' Met- ⚫tez ...
... fair one , who bids you ask her backside , anglicè her a - se . A like answer is current in France : any one asking the road or distance to Macon , a city near Lyons , would be answered by a French lady of easy virtue , ' Met- ⚫tez ...
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