Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... live in gin and jail , or not at all ! * The FANCY : a Selection from the Poetical Remains of the late Peter Corcoran , of Gray's Inn , student - at - law . xxviii PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION . The subject is THIRD EDITION . ! xxvii.
... live in gin and jail , or not at all ! * The FANCY : a Selection from the Poetical Remains of the late Peter Corcoran , of Gray's Inn , student - at - law . xxviii PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION . The subject is THIRD EDITION . ! xxvii.
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... live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses to gain what they call an honest livelihood : indeed this is one of the least ...
... live mostly by stealing . Cant . BAWDY - HOUSE BOTTLE . A very small bottle ; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses to gain what they call an honest livelihood : indeed this is one of the least ...
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... live by dis- honest or fraudulent practices , without labour or industry , according to the general acceptation of the latter word ; but , certainly , no persons have more occasion to be indus- trious , and in a state of perpetual ...
... live by dis- honest or fraudulent practices , without labour or industry , according to the general acceptation of the latter word ; but , certainly , no persons have more occasion to be indus- trious , and in a state of perpetual ...
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... lives by depredation will still outwardly follow some honest employment , as a clerk , porter , newsman , & c . By this system of policy , he is said to have a good bonnet if he happens to get boned ; and , in a doubtful case , is ...
... lives by depredation will still outwardly follow some honest employment , as a clerk , porter , newsman , & c . By this system of policy , he is said to have a good bonnet if he happens to get boned ; and , in a doubtful case , is ...
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... lives and battles of all the prize pugilists . A complete history of boxing , from the days of Figg and Broughton to Cribb and the Nonpareil . BRACE UP , TO . To dispose of stolen goods by pledging them for the utmost you can get at a ...
... lives and battles of all the prize pugilists . A complete history of boxing , from the days of Figg and Broughton to Cribb and the Nonpareil . BRACE UP , TO . To dispose of stolen goods by pledging them for the utmost you can get at a ...
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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