Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... Pretended madmen . ABRAM , SHAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A cyprian lodge . The Floating Academy ; the vessels on board of which those persons are confined instead of transportation . · ACE OF SPADES . A ...
... Pretended madmen . ABRAM , SHAM . To pretend sickness . ACADEMY , or PUSHING SCHOOL . A cyprian lodge . The Floating Academy ; the vessels on board of which those persons are confined instead of transportation . · ACE OF SPADES . A ...
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... pretended omissions ; in short , any thing disagreeable happening after all consequences of the cause have been thought at an end . 1 AGAINST THE GRAIN . Unwilling . It went much against the grain with him , i . e . it was much against ...
... pretended omissions ; in short , any thing disagreeable happening after all consequences of the cause have been thought at an end . 1 AGAINST THE GRAIN . Unwilling . It went much against the grain with him , i . e . it was much against ...
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... ( 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 discipline of the pump or horse - pond . ANCHOR . Bring your a - se ...
... ( 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 discipline of the pump or horse - pond . ANCHOR . Bring your a - se ...
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... pretended wife of a bully or shop- lifter . Cant . BLOT THE SKRIP AND JAR IT . To stand engaged or bound for any one . Cant . BLOW . He has bit the blow , i . e . he has stolen the goods . Cant . BLOW A prostitute . BLOWEN . A mistress ...
... pretended wife of a bully or shop- lifter . Cant . BLOT THE SKRIP AND JAR IT . To stand engaged or bound for any one . Cant . BLOW . He has bit the blow , i . e . he has stolen the goods . Cant . BLOW A prostitute . BLOWEN . A mistress ...
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... pretends to be the husband of one of the ladies , and , under that pretence , extorts money from green- horns , or ignorant young men , whom he finds with her . See GREENHORN . BULLY COCK . One who foments quarrels in order to rob the ...
... pretends to be the husband of one of the ladies , and , under that pretence , extorts money from green- horns , or ignorant young men , whom he finds with her . See GREENHORN . BULLY COCK . One who foments quarrels in order to rob the ...
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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