Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... drunken- ness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him . Sea phrase . ADRIFT . Loose , turned adrift , discharged . Sea phrase . ÆGROTAT , ( Cambridge . ) A certificate from the apothecary that you are indisposed ( i ...
... drunken- ness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him . Sea phrase . ADRIFT . Loose , turned adrift , discharged . Sea phrase . ÆGROTAT , ( Cambridge . ) A certificate from the apothecary that you are indisposed ( i ...
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... drunk . AMBASSADOR . A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or lands- man , frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes . It is thus managed : a large tub is filled with water , and two stools placed on each side of it : over ...
... drunk . AMBASSADOR . A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or lands- man , frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes . It is thus managed : a large tub is filled with water , and two stools placed on each side of it : over ...
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... Drunk . BOWLED OUT . A man who has followed the profession of thieving for some time , when he is ultimately taken , tried , and convicted , is said to be bowled out at last . To bowl a person out , in a general sense , means to detect ...
... Drunk . BOWLED OUT . A man who has followed the profession of thieving for some time , when he is ultimately taken , tried , and convicted , is said to be bowled out at last . To bowl a person out , in a general sense , means to detect ...
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... drunk for a certain time ; or , as the term is , till their cagg is out : which vow is commonly observed with the strictest exactness . Ex . I have cagged myself for six months . Excuse me this time , and I will cagg myself for a year ...
... drunk for a certain time ; or , as the term is , till their cagg is out : which vow is commonly observed with the strictest exactness . Ex . I have cagged myself for six months . Excuse me this time , and I will cagg myself for a year ...
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... drunk wine . CHURY . A knife . Cant . CINDER GARBLER . A servant maid , from her business of sifting the ashes from the cinders . Custom - house wit . CIRCUMBENdibus . A roundabout way , or story . He took such a circumbendibus ; he ...
... drunk wine . CHURY . A knife . Cant . CINDER GARBLER . A servant maid , from her business of sifting the ashes from the cinders . Custom - house wit . CIRCUMBENdibus . A roundabout way , or story . He took such a circumbendibus ; he ...
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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