Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence |
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... shilling . BOBBED . Cheated , tricked , disappointed . BOBBISH . Smart , clever , spruce . BOB STAY . A rope which holds the bowsprit to the stem or cutwater . Figuratively , the frenum of a man's yard . BOB TAIL . A lewd woman , or one ...
... shilling . BOBBED . Cheated , tricked , disappointed . BOBBISH . Smart , clever , spruce . BOB STAY . A rope which holds the bowsprit to the stem or cutwater . Figuratively , the frenum of a man's yard . BOB TAIL . A lewd woman , or one ...
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... 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 tale ; a term much in fashion about the years 1780 and 1781 ...
... 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 tale ; a term much in fashion about the years 1780 and 1781 ...
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... shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed the country , shewing himself for money . BUCKLES . Fetters . BUDGE , OF SNEAKING BUDGE . One that slips into houses in BUL in the dark , to steal cloaks or other.
... shilling ; he was married to a tall handsome woman , and traversed the country , shewing himself for money . BUCKLES . Fetters . BUDGE , OF SNEAKING BUDGE . One that slips into houses in BUL in the dark , to steal cloaks or other.
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... shilling , among coiners . His a - se makes buttons ; he is ready to bewray himself through fear . Cant . BUZMAN . A pickpocket . Cant . BUZZARD . A simple fellow . A blind buzzard : a pur- blind man or woman . BYE BLOW . A bastard ...
... shilling , among coiners . His a - se makes buttons ; he is ready to bewray himself through fear . Cant . BUZMAN . A pickpocket . Cant . BUZZARD . A simple fellow . A blind buzzard : a pur- blind man or woman . BYE BLOW . A bastard ...
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... SHILLINGS . The sign of five shillings , i . e.the crown . Fifteen shillings ; the sign of the three crowns . FIZZLE . An escape backward . FLABAGASTED . Confounded . FLABBY . Relaxed , flaccid , not firm or solid . FLAG . A groat ...
... SHILLINGS . The sign of five shillings , i . e.the crown . Fifteen shillings ; the sign of the three crowns . FIZZLE . An escape backward . FLABAGASTED . Confounded . FLABBY . Relaxed , flaccid , not firm or solid . FLAG . A groat ...
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