A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueS. Hooper, 1788 - 249 pàgines |
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Pàgina iv
... SET FORTH BY THOMAS HARMAN , ESQUIER , FOR THE UTILITIE and PROFFYT of hys NATURALL COUNTREY . Newly Augmented and Imprinted , Anno Domini M.D.LXVII . Viewed , Examined , and Allowed according un- to the Queen's Majeftye's Injunctions ...
... SET FORTH BY THOMAS HARMAN , ESQUIER , FOR THE UTILITIE and PROFFYT of hys NATURALL COUNTREY . Newly Augmented and Imprinted , Anno Domini M.D.LXVII . Viewed , Examined , and Allowed according un- to the Queen's Majeftye's Injunctions ...
Pàgina 5
... set them . BLACK MUNS . Hoods and fcarves of alamode luteftring . BLACK PSALM . To fing the black pfalm ; to cry : a saying ufed to children . BLACK SPY . The Devil . BLACK STRAP . Bene Carlo wine ; alfo port . A task of la- bour ...
... set them . BLACK MUNS . Hoods and fcarves of alamode luteftring . BLACK PSALM . To fing the black pfalm ; to cry : a saying ufed to children . BLACK SPY . The Devil . BLACK STRAP . Bene Carlo wine ; alfo port . A task of la- bour ...
Pàgina 23
... set of gamblers , whofe office it is to bully any pigeon , who , sus- pecting roguery , refufes to pay what he has loft . Cant . CAPTAIN TOм . The leader of a mob ; also the mob itself . CARAVAN . A large fum of money ; alfo , a perfon ...
... set of gamblers , whofe office it is to bully any pigeon , who , sus- pecting roguery , refufes to pay what he has loft . Cant . CAPTAIN TOм . The leader of a mob ; also the mob itself . CARAVAN . A large fum of money ; alfo , a perfon ...
Pàgina 40
... set or knot of bookfellers of London , that whofoever of them shall buy a good copy , the reft fhall take off fuch a particular num- ber , in quires , at a ftated price ; alfo bookfellers joining to buy either a confiderable or ...
... set or knot of bookfellers of London , that whofoever of them shall buy a good copy , the reft fhall take off fuch a particular num- ber , in quires , at a ftated price ; alfo bookfellers joining to buy either a confiderable or ...
Pàgina 102
... set of people ; as great as two inkle weavers ' being a proverbial faying . INLAID . Well inlaid ; in eafy circumftances , rich , or well to pafs . INNOCENTS . One of the innocents ; a weak or fimple per- fon , man or woman . JOB . A ...
... set of people ; as great as two inkle weavers ' being a proverbial faying . INLAID . Well inlaid ; in eafy circumftances , rich , or well to pafs . INNOCENTS . One of the innocents ; a weak or fimple per- fon , man or woman . JOB . A ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
a-fe againſt alfo allufion alſo anfwered appellation Bartholomew Fair bawdy beat becauſe beer beggars blow Box THE JESUIT breeches bully buſineſs Cant cant language canting crew cheat cheeſe cock cuckold cull DARKMANS Devil DOG LATIN dram dreffed drink drunk eyes faid failors falfe fame faying fecret fellow fervants fhew fhilling fhip fhoes fhop fide fign fignify filly fimple fmall fo called fociety foldier fome fometimes formerly French frequently ftand fteal ftory fuch fuppofed fword gallows gentlemen hanged head highwayman himſelf horfe horſe houfe houſe inftrument Irish JACK kifs lame duck legs likewife liquor mafter MORT moſt mouth Newgate nick name nofe obferved occafion one's perfon phrafe pickpocket pocket Pot valiant practifed pretending prifon QUEER rogue ſaid ſmall ſtick ſtory tail term theſe thieves thofe thoſe Tyburn ufed uſed vulgar wench whipped whofe whore whoſe wife woman word
Passatges populars
Pàgina 56 - It is said of one who has a termagant for his wife, that he has married the Devil's daughter, and lives with the old folks. DEVIL'S DAUGHTER'S PORTION: Deal, Dover, and Harwich, The Devil gave with his daughter in marriage; And, by a codicil to his will, He added Helvoet and the Brill; a saying occasioned by the shameful impositions practised by the inhabitants of those places, on sailors and travellers.
Pàgina xii - Villanies seven severall Times Prest to Death by the Printers ; But (still reviving againe) are now the eighth time, (as at the first) discovered by Lanthorne and CandleLight ; And the helpe of a New Cryer, called...
Pàgina vii - The Scoundrel's Dictionary; or, an Explanation of the cant words used by thieves , house-breakers , street robbers , and pickpockets about Town. To which are prefixed some curious Dissertations on the art of wheedling, and a Collection of their flash songs, with a proper glossary.
Pàgina 102 - It consists of a riotous mob, who after a printed summons dispersed through the adjacent towns, meet at Cuckold's Point, near Deptford, and march from thence in procession, through that town and Greenwich, to Charlton, with horns of different kinds upon their heads; and at the fair there are sold rams...
Pàgina xxv - Cant. BAG. He gave them the bag, ie left them. BAG OF NAILS. He squints like a bag of nails; ie his eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.
Pàgina 102 - IRISH LEGS. Thick legs, jocularly styled the Irish arms. It is said of the Irish women, that they have a dispensation from the pope to wear the thick end of their legs downwards.
Pàgina 99 - In winter time the beer was placed on the hob to warm: and the cold beer was set on a small table, said to have been called the nob; so that the question, Will you have hob or nob? seems only to have meant, Will you have warm or cold beer? ie beer from the hob, or beer from the nob.