Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... drinking to her , with a leary , wanton nod , " Here's LUCK ! " then the beauty and conciseness of the expression , added to the emphasis , charac- ter , and effect of laconic phraseology , must be felt beyond all doubt : indeed , it is ...
... drinking to her , with a leary , wanton nod , " Here's LUCK ! " then the beauty and conciseness of the expression , added to the emphasis , charac- ter , and effect of laconic phraseology , must be felt beyond all doubt : indeed , it is ...
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... drink with the knight . In simplicity , probity , and a compassionate heart , he was wholly of the -Pança breed ; his jocularity could , have pleased a prince . In the " St. James's Evening Post , " the following was -proposed as an ...
... drink with the knight . In simplicity , probity , and a compassionate heart , he was wholly of the -Pança breed ; his jocularity could , have pleased a prince . In the " St. James's Evening Post , " the following was -proposed as an ...
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... buyers and sellers of horses . BARREL Fever . He died of the barrel fever ; he killed himself by drinking . BARROW MAN . A man under sentence of transportation ; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich , who are principally BAR.
... buyers and sellers of horses . BARREL Fever . He died of the barrel fever ; he killed himself by drinking . BARROW MAN . A man under sentence of transportation ; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich , who are principally BAR.
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... 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 dressed , but dirty ...
... 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 dressed , but dirty ...
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... drink , demanded of anyone having a new suit of clothes . BIBLE . A boatswain's great axe . Sea term . BIBLE OATH . Supposed by the vulgar to be more binding than an oath taken on the Testament only , as being the big- ger book , and ...
... drink , demanded of anyone having a new suit of clothes . BIBLE . A boatswain's great axe . Sea term . BIBLE OATH . Supposed by the vulgar to be more binding than an oath taken on the Testament only , as being the big- ger book , and ...
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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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a-se allusion bawdy-house beat beggars Ben Jonson blow blue booty BOX THE JESUIT breeches called cant language canting crew cheat clothes cock cove CROW FAIR cuckold cull DARKMANS Devil dice dram dressed drink drunk eyes fellow flash FLASH SONGS formerly FRANCIS GROSE French frequently gallows gentleman give hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK Jem Belcher King's lame duck legs liquor London means mouth MULLIGRUBS Newgate nick-name nose one's person pickpocket pillory play pocket practised pretend prison Pugilistic QUEER Randall's Scrap Book robbery rogue sailors saying Scotch cant Sea phrase Sea term sharper signifies sixpence slang soldier sport steal stolen story swell tail thief thieves thing Thomas Harman tongue trick Univ Vide Randall's Diary Vide Randall's Scrap vulgar wench whipped whore wife woman word