Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... child is said to have sprained her ankle . ANODYNE NECKLACE . ANTHONY , TO KNOCK . A halter . Said of an in - kneed person , or one whose knees knock together ; to cuff Jonas . See JONAS . APE LEADER . An old maid ; their punishment ...
... child is said to have sprained her ankle . ANODYNE NECKLACE . ANTHONY , TO KNOCK . A halter . Said of an in - kneed person , or one whose knees knock together ; to cuff Jonas . See JONAS . APE LEADER . An old maid ; their punishment ...
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... children hired or borrowed to excite charity . Cant . AUTEM QUAVER - TUB . A Quaker's meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . An expression used on many occasions ; as a thief will say to his accomplice , on perceiving the person they are ...
... children hired or borrowed to excite charity . Cant . AUTEM QUAVER - TUB . A Quaker's meeting - house . Cant . AWAKE . An expression used on many occasions ; as a thief will say to his accomplice , on perceiving the person they are ...
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... 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 knock together ...
... 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 knock together ...
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... Hist . of the World , p . 178 ; also by Sir Kenelm Digby and Ben Jonson . Obsolete . BANTLING . A young child . BANYAN DAY . A sea term for those days on which no meat is allowed to the sailors : the term is borrowed BAN.
... Hist . of the World , p . 178 ; also by Sir Kenelm Digby and Ben Jonson . Obsolete . BANTLING . A young child . BANYAN DAY . A sea term for those days on which no meat is allowed to the sailors : the term is borrowed BAN.
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... children's stockings . BASTARDLY GULLION . A bastard's bastard . BASTE . To beat . I'll give him his bastings , I'll beat him heartily . BASTILE . A flash term for the House of Correction , in Cold Bath Fields : so termed when under the ...
... children's stockings . BASTARDLY GULLION . A bastard's bastard . BASTE . To beat . I'll give him his bastings , I'll beat him heartily . BASTILE . A flash term for the House of Correction , in Cold Bath Fields : so termed when under the ...
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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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