Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... look - out " for a bit of fun ; and the dirty " smoke - pipes " in Turnmill - Street did not spoil the Captain's taste in his search after character ! * A note cannot be deemed superfluous here , otherwise the sentence might remain a ...
... look - out " for a bit of fun ; and the dirty " smoke - pipes " in Turnmill - Street did not spoil the Captain's taste in his search after character ! * A note cannot be deemed superfluous here , otherwise the sentence might remain a ...
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... look blank ; to appear disappointed or con- founded . BLANKET HORNPIPE . The amorous congress . BLARNEY . He has licked the blarney stone ; he deals in the wonderful , or tips us the traveller . The blarney stone is a triangular stone ...
... look blank ; to appear disappointed or con- founded . BLANKET HORNPIPE . The amorous congress . BLARNEY . He has licked the blarney stone ; he deals in the wonderful , or tips us the traveller . The blarney stone is a triangular stone ...
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... look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disap- pointed . Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure . BLUE DEVILS . Low spirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoisted the blue flag ; he has com- menced publican , or taken a public house ; an ...
... look blue ; to be confounded , terrified , or disap- pointed . Blue as a razor ; perhaps , blue as azure . BLUE DEVILS . Low spirits . BLUE FLAG . He has hoisted the blue flag ; he has com- menced publican , or taken a public house ; an ...
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... look as if you could not say Boh to a goose ! " " Boh ! " replied the wit . Obsolete . BOLD . Bold as a miller's shirt , which every day takes a rogue by the collar ! 16 56 17 As erect , or straight up , as an arrow set on 168 BOLT . A ...
... look as if you could not say Boh to a goose ! " " Boh ! " replied the wit . Obsolete . BOLD . Bold as a miller's shirt , which every day takes a rogue by the collar ! 16 56 17 As erect , or straight up , as an arrow set on 168 BOLT . A ...
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... look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . man . BULL . A crown piece . HALF BULL ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being BUL.
... look like bull beef , or as bluff as bull beef ; to look fierce or surly . Town bull , a great whore - master . man . BULL . A crown piece . HALF BULL ; half a crown . BULL BEGGAR , or BULLY BEGGAR . An imaginary being BUL.
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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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