Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... Sea term . ALSATIA THE HIGHER . Whitefriars , once a place privileged from arrests for debt , as was also the Mint , but suppressed on account of the notorious abuses committed there . Obsolete . ALSATIA THE LOWER . The Mint in ...
... Sea term . ALSATIA THE HIGHER . Whitefriars , once a place privileged from arrests for debt , as was also the Mint , but suppressed on account of the notorious abuses committed there . Obsolete . ALSATIA THE LOWER . The Mint in ...
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... Sea term . AMUSE . To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who ...
... Sea term . AMUSE . To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their guard . Cant . AMUSERS . Rogues who ...
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Francis Grose Pierce Egan. gallipot words : from the assumed gravity and ... Sea cant . ARK RUFFIANS . Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , rob ... terms single , or petty larceny ; the extent of punishment for which is ...
Francis Grose Pierce Egan. gallipot words : from the assumed gravity and ... Sea cant . ARK RUFFIANS . Rogues who , in conjunction with water- men , rob ... terms single , or petty larceny ; the extent of punishment for which is ...
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... sea term for those days on which no meat is allowed to the sailors : the term is borrowed BAN.
... sea term for those days on which no meat is allowed to the sailors : the term is borrowed BAN.
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... Sea term . BEAST ! To drink like a beast , i . e . only when thirsty . BEAST WITH TWO BACKS . A man and woman in the act of copulation . Shakspeare in Othello : BEATER CASES . Boots . Cant . BEAU - NASTY . A slovenly fop ; one finely ...
... Sea term . BEAST ! To drink like a beast , i . e . only when thirsty . BEAST WITH TWO BACKS . A man and woman in the act of copulation . Shakspeare in Othello : BEATER CASES . Boots . Cant . BEAU - NASTY . A slovenly fop ; one finely ...
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Grose's Classical Dictionary of Th Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ... Francis Grose Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
Grose's Classical Dictionary of Th Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ... Francis Grose Previsualització no disponible - 2019 |
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