A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueS. Hooper, 1788 - 249 pàgines |
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Pàgina xxv
... Perhaps Banaghan was a min- ftrel famous for dealing in the marvellous . BANDBOX . Mine a- -fe on a bandbox ; an answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpofe for which it is proffered , like offering a bandbox for a feat ...
... Perhaps Banaghan was a min- ftrel famous for dealing in the marvellous . BANDBOX . Mine a- -fe on a bandbox ; an answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpofe for which it is proffered , like offering a bandbox for a feat ...
Pàgina xxviii
... perhaps from its resemblance , in that particular , to more ferious engage- ments fought to fettle royal difputes . BAUDRANS . A cat . Scotch . BAWBEE . A halfpenny . Scotch . BAWBELS OF BAWBLES . Trinkets , a man's testicles . BAWD . A ...
... perhaps from its resemblance , in that particular , to more ferious engage- ments fought to fettle royal difputes . BAUDRANS . A cat . Scotch . BAWBEE . A halfpenny . Scotch . BAWBELS OF BAWBLES . Trinkets , a man's testicles . BAWD . A ...
Pàgina 5
... perhaps , from their appearing generally in boots ; or else from game cocks , whofe legs are always black . BLACK MONDAY . The firft Monday after the school - boys holidays , or breaking up , when they are to go to school , and produce ...
... perhaps , from their appearing generally in boots ; or else from game cocks , whofe legs are always black . BLACK MONDAY . The firft Monday after the school - boys holidays , or breaking up , when they are to go to school , and produce ...
Pàgina 7
... perhaps , blue as azure . BLUE BOAR . A venereal bubo . BLUE DEVILS . Low fpirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoifted the blue flag ; he has com- menced publican , or taken a public houfe ; an allufion to the blue aprons worn by publicans ...
... perhaps , blue as azure . BLUE BOAR . A venereal bubo . BLUE DEVILS . Low fpirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoifted the blue flag ; he has com- menced publican , or taken a public houfe ; an allufion to the blue aprons worn by publicans ...
Pàgina 11
... Hard words , difficult to pro- nounce . BREAKING SHINS . Borrowing money ; perhaps from the figurative operation being , like the real one , extremely dif agreeable to the patient . D BREAD . BRO BREAD . Employment . Out of bread ; out.
... Hard words , difficult to pro- nounce . BREAKING SHINS . Borrowing money ; perhaps from the figurative operation being , like the real one , extremely dif agreeable to the patient . D BREAD . BRO BREAD . Employment . Out of bread ; out.
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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.