Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... persons are confined instead of transportation . · ACE OF SPADES . A widow . ACCOMMODATE , or ACCOMMODATION . In the ... person when you are well assured he is uttering a lie ; by observing you believe what he is saying , merely to ...
... persons are confined instead of transportation . · ACE OF SPADES . A widow . ACCOMMODATE , or ACCOMMODATION . In the ... person when you are well assured he is uttering a lie ; by observing you believe what he is saying , merely to ...
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... persons , who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country , and are seated on the stools . The person intended to be ducked plays the ambassador , and , after repeating a ridicu- lous speech dictated to him , is led in ...
... persons , who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country , and are seated on the stools . The person intended to be ducked plays the ambassador , and , after repeating a ridicu- lous speech dictated to him , is led in ...
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... person they intend to rob , and , running away , their accomplices ( pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) take that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST . A pickpocket caught in the fact and punished with the ...
... person they intend to rob , and , running away , their accomplices ( pretending to assist and pity the half - blinded person ) take that opportunity of plundering him . ANABAPTIST . A pickpocket caught in the fact and punished with the ...
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... person dressed up in a tawdry man- ner , like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair . BASH . To bounce over any person , to blow up .. BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of ins cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where ...
... person dressed up in a tawdry man- ner , like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair . BASH . To bounce over any person , to blow up .. BASKET . An exclamation frequently made use of ins cock- pits , at cock - fightings , where ...
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... persons , and the easiness of their duty , as having scarcely more to do than to eat the king's beef . BEES - WAX . Cheese . Cant . BEETLE - BROWED . One having thick projecting eye - brows . Beetle - headED . Dull , stupid . BEGGAR ...
... persons , and the easiness of their duty , as having scarcely more to do than to eat the king's beef . BEES - WAX . Cheese . Cant . BEETLE - BROWED . One having thick projecting eye - brows . Beetle - headED . Dull , stupid . BEGGAR ...
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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