A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueS. Hooper, 1788 - 249 pàgines |
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Pàgina xxvi
Francis Grose. BANG STRAW . BAR A nick name for a thresher , but applied to all the fervants of a farmer. ́ BANKRUPT CART . A one - horfe chaife , faid to be fo called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being fo frequently ufed on ...
Francis Grose. BANG STRAW . BAR A nick name for a thresher , but applied to all the fervants of a farmer. ́ BANKRUPT CART . A one - horfe chaife , faid to be fo called by a Lord Chief Justice , from their being fo frequently ufed on ...
Pàgina xxx
... of her . Say you bought your beef of me ; a jo- cular request from a butcher to ... called Bouffetiers , fince corrupted to Beef Eaters . Others fuppofe they ... fo called , remains with the quadrature of the circle , the discovery of the ...
... of her . Say you bought your beef of me ; a jo- cular request from a butcher to ... called Bouffetiers , fince corrupted to Beef Eaters . Others fuppofe they ... fo called , remains with the quadrature of the circle , the discovery of the ...
Pàgina 2
... of tub , con- trived for ladies to wash themselves , for which purpose they beftride it like a little French poney , or poft - horse , called in France bidets . BIENLY . Excellently . She wheedled fo bienly ; fhe coaxed or flattered fo ...
... of tub , con- trived for ladies to wash themselves , for which purpose they beftride it like a little French poney , or poft - horse , called in France bidets . BIENLY . Excellently . She wheedled fo bienly ; fhe coaxed or flattered fo ...
Pàgina 4
... of death having fold his body to a fur- geon rather below the market price , on ... calls the kettle black a - fe . Cant . BLACK BOOK . He is down in the black ... fo white : " figuratively the black joke fignifies the monofyllable . See ...
... of death having fold his body to a fur- geon rather below the market price , on ... calls the kettle black a - fe . Cant . BLACK BOOK . He is down in the black ... fo white : " figuratively the black joke fignifies the monofyllable . See ...
Pàgina 5
... called , perhaps , from their appearing generally in boots ; or else from ... of alamode luteftring . BLACK PSALM . To fing the black pfalm ; to cry : a saying ... fo that to have afcended to it , was confidered as a proof of perfeverance ...
... called , perhaps , from their appearing generally in boots ; or else from ... of alamode luteftring . BLACK PSALM . To fing the black pfalm ; to cry : a saying ... fo that to have afcended to it , was confidered as a proof of perfeverance ...
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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.