Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... tricks , manœuvres , and impositions practised in life , which daily cross the paths of both young and old , has been the sole aim of the Editor ; and if he has suc- ceeded in only one instance in doing good , he feels perfectly ...
... tricks , manœuvres , and impositions practised in life , which daily cross the paths of both young and old , has been the sole aim of the Editor ; and if he has suc- ceeded in only one instance in doing good , he feels perfectly ...
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... 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 the whole is thrown 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 the whole is thrown a ...
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... trick played by frolicsome country lasses on their sweethearts , male relations , or visiters . APRON - STRING - HOLD . An estate held by a man during his wife's life . ARCH DUKE . A comical or eccentric fellow . ARCH ROGUE , DIMBER ...
... trick played by frolicsome country lasses on their sweethearts , male relations , or visiters . APRON - STRING - HOLD . An estate held by a man during his wife's life . ARCH DUKE . A comical or eccentric fellow . ARCH ROGUE , DIMBER ...
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... tricks , the property of one Banks . It is mentioned in Sir Walter Raleigh's Hist . of the World , p . 178 ; also by Sir Kenelm Digby and Ben Jonson . Obsolete . BANTLING . A young child . BANYAN DAY . A sea term for those days on which ...
... tricks , the property of one Banks . It is mentioned in Sir Walter Raleigh's Hist . of the World , p . 178 ; also by Sir Kenelm Digby and Ben Jonson . Obsolete . BANTLING . A young child . BANYAN DAY . A sea term for those days on which ...
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... trick often practised on ignorant country fellows , vain of their strength , by laying a wager with them that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat . The bet being made , a rope is fixed round the waist of the party to be catted ...
... trick often practised on ignorant country fellows , vain of their strength , by laying a wager with them that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat . The bet being made , a rope is fixed round the waist of the party to be catted ...
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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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