A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueS. Hooper, 1788 - 249 pàgines |
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Pàgina xxii
... turn round . ARSY VARSEY . To fall arfy varfey , i . e . head over heels . ARTHUR ; KING ARTHUR . A game ufed at sea , when near the line , or in a hot latitude . It is performed thus : a man who is to reprefent king Arthur ...
... turn round . ARSY VARSEY . To fall arfy varfey , i . e . head over heels . ARTHUR ; KING ARTHUR . A game ufed at sea , when near the line , or in a hot latitude . It is performed thus : a man who is to reprefent king Arthur ...
Pàgina 11
... turn of filling his glafs ; to pafs one over . BRIM . ( Abbreviation of Brimftone . ) An abandoned woman ; perhaps originally only a paffionate or irafcible woman , compared to brimftone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman ...
... turn of filling his glafs ; to pafs one over . BRIM . ( Abbreviation of Brimftone . ) An abandoned woman ; perhaps originally only a paffionate or irafcible woman , compared to brimftone for its inflammability . BRISKET BEATER . A Roman ...
Pàgina 22
... turn , be- ginning with the letter with which the last speaker left off . CAPON . A caftrated cock , alfo an eunuch . CAPRICORNIFIED . Cuckolded , hornified . CAPSIZE . To overturn or reverse . He took his broth till he capfized ; he ...
... turn , be- ginning with the letter with which the last speaker left off . CAPON . A caftrated cock , alfo an eunuch . CAPRICORNIFIED . Cuckolded , hornified . CAPSIZE . To overturn or reverse . He took his broth till he capfized ; he ...
Pàgina 25
... turn cat în pan , to change fides or par- ties ; fuppofed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot ; to be under the dominion of a wife , hen - pecked . To live like dog and cat ...
... turn cat în pan , to change fides or par- ties ; fuppofed originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan . CAT'S FOOT . To live under the cat's foot ; to be under the dominion of a wife , hen - pecked . To live like dog and cat ...
Pàgina 30
... turn- ing a key , certain interior fprings thruft forth a number of points , in all directions , which fo enlarged it , that it could not be taken out of the mouth ; and the iron , being cafe- hardened , could not be filed : the only ...
... turn- ing a key , certain interior fprings thruft forth a number of points , in all directions , which fo enlarged it , that it could not be taken out of the mouth ; and the iron , being cafe- hardened , could not be filed : the only ...
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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.