A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueS. Hooper, 1788 - 249 pàgines |
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Pàgina xxviii
... foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old ro- mances . BEAR . One who contracts to deliver a certain quantity or fum of stock in the public funds , on a future day , and at a ftated price ; or , in other words , fells what he has not got ...
... foot . Bayard was a horse famous in old ro- mances . BEAR . One who contracts to deliver a certain quantity or fum of stock in the public funds , on a future day , and at a ftated price ; or , in other words , fells what he has not got ...
Pàgina 3
... foot in it . For- merly , when a bishop paffed through a village , all the in- habitants ran out of their houses to folicit his bleffing , even leaving their milk , & c . on the fire , to take its chance ; which , when burnt to , was ...
... foot in it . For- merly , when a bishop paffed through a village , all the in- habitants ran out of their houses to folicit his bleffing , even leaving their milk , & c . on the fire , to take its chance ; which , when burnt to , was ...
Pàgina 8
... foot guards , or king's body guards . BODY SNATCHERS . Bum bailiffs . BODY OF DIVINITY BOUND IN BLACK CALF . A parfon . BOG LANDER . An Irishman ; Ireland being famous for its large bogs , which furnish the chief fuel in many parts of ...
... foot guards , or king's body guards . BODY SNATCHERS . Bum bailiffs . BODY OF DIVINITY BOUND IN BLACK CALF . A parfon . BOG LANDER . An Irishman ; Ireland being famous for its large bogs , which furnish the chief fuel in many parts of ...
Pàgina 25
... FOOT . To live under the cat's foot ; to be under the dominion of a wife , hen - pecked . To live like dog and cat ; fpoken of married perfons who live unhappily toge- ther . As many lives as a cat ; cats , according to vulgar na ...
... FOOT . To live under the cat's foot ; to be under the dominion of a wife , hen - pecked . To live like dog and cat ; fpoken of married perfons who live unhappily toge- ther . As many lives as a cat ; cats , according to vulgar na ...
Pàgina 26
... foot boy ; fo called from fuch fervants commonly following clofe behind their mafter or mistress . CATCH PENNY . Any temporary contrivance to raise a con- tribution on the public . CATCH POLE . A bum bailiff , or fheriff's officer ...
... foot boy ; fo called from fuch fervants commonly following clofe behind their mafter or mistress . CATCH PENNY . Any temporary contrivance to raise a con- tribution on the public . CATCH POLE . A bum bailiff , or fheriff's officer ...
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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.