Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 246 pàgines |
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... women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage , wanton baggage , & c . BAKER'S Dozen . Fourteen ; that number of rolls being allowed to the purchasers of a dozen . . BAKER - KNEED . One whose knees ...
... women and children . Also a familiar epithet for a woman ; as , cunning baggage , wanton baggage , & c . BAKER'S Dozen . Fourteen ; that number of rolls being allowed to the purchasers of a dozen . . BAKER - KNEED . One whose knees ...
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... Women employed at Cambridge to attend on the students , sweep their rooms , & c . They will put their hands to any ... woman's beef ; to having carnal knowledge of her . Say you bought your beef of me ; a jocular request from a butcher ...
... Women employed at Cambridge to attend on the students , sweep their rooms , & c . They will put their hands to any ... woman's beef ; to having carnal knowledge of her . Say you bought your beef of me ; a jocular request from a butcher ...
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... woman on the BLOW THE GAB . To confess , or impeach a confederate . Cant . BLOW THE GAFF . A person having any secret in his possession , or a knowledge of any thing injurious to ano- ther , when at last induced , from revenge or other ...
... woman on the BLOW THE GAB . To confess , or impeach a confederate . Cant . BLOW THE GAFF . A person having any secret in his possession , or a knowledge of any thing injurious to ano- ther , when at last induced , from revenge or other ...
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... woman , who BLUBBER CHEEKS , Large flaccid cheeks , hanging like the fat or lubber of a whale . BLUE . To look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disap- pointed . Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure . BLUE DEVILS . Low ...
... woman , who BLUBBER CHEEKS , Large flaccid cheeks , hanging like the fat or lubber of a whale . BLUE . To look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disap- pointed . Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure . BLUE DEVILS . Low ...
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... woman ; also a great lie . BOUNCING CHEAT . the cork . Cant . A bottle ; from the explosion in drawing BOUNG . A purse . Cant . BOUNG NIPPER . A cut purse . Cant . Formerly , purses were worn at the girdle , from whence they were cut ...
... woman ; also a great lie . BOUNCING CHEAT . the cork . Cant . A bottle ; from the explosion in drawing BOUNG . A purse . Cant . BOUNG NIPPER . A cut purse . Cant . Formerly , purses were worn at the girdle , from whence they were cut ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ... Francis Grose,Pierce Egan Visualització completa - 1823 |
Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ... Francis Grose,Pierce Egan Visualització completa - 1823 |
Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Francis Grose,Pierce Egan Visualització completa - 1823 |
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