Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... door , laughing at the ludicrous scene , and enjoying it beyond description . Tom Cocking likewise used to relate many droll cir- cumstances which befel the Captain in his travels : it being Tom's province , at night , to put two straps ...
... door , laughing at the ludicrous scene , and enjoying it beyond description . Tom Cocking likewise used to relate many droll cir- cumstances which befel the Captain in his travels : it being Tom's province , at night , to put two straps ...
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... door ; or , to go a circuitous or private way through the streets , in order to avoid any particular place in the direct road , is termed back - slanging it . BACK SLUM . A back - room ; also the back entrance to any house or premises ...
... door ; or , to go a circuitous or private way through the streets , in order to avoid any particular place in the direct road , is termed back - slanging it . BACK SLUM . A back - room ; also the back entrance to any house or premises ...
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... door , and deafens every pas- senger with his cries of - Clothes , coats or gowns ; -what d'ye want , gemmen ? -what d'ye buy ? See Bow - wow SHOP . BARKSHIRE . A member or candidate for Barkshire , said of one troubled with a cough ...
... door , and deafens every pas- senger with his cries of - Clothes , coats or gowns ; -what d'ye want , gemmen ? -what d'ye buy ? See Bow - wow SHOP . BARKSHIRE . A member or candidate for Barkshire , said of one troubled with a cough ...
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... privi- leged against arrests , like the Mint , in Southwark . ́Ben Jonson . These privileges are abolished . Obsolete . BESS , or BETTY . A small instrument used by house - breakers to force open doors . Bring bess and glim ; BES.
... privi- leged against arrests , like the Mint , in Southwark . ́Ben Jonson . These privileges are abolished . Obsolete . BESS , or BETTY . A small instrument used by house - breakers to force open doors . Bring bess and glim ; BES.
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Francis Grose Pierce Egan. to force open doors . Bring bess and glim ; bring the inst ment to force the door and the dark lanthorn . See BROWN BESS . Small fi like those for Florence wine , are also called Betties . BESS . BEST . To get ...
Francis Grose Pierce Egan. to force open doors . Bring bess and glim ; bring the inst ment to force the door and the dark lanthorn . See BROWN BESS . Small fi like those for Florence wine , are also called Betties . BESS . BEST . To get ...
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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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