Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... WIVES . Girls of the town , doxies . Sea term . AMUSE . To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their ...
... WIVES . Girls of the town , doxies . Sea term . AMUSE . To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed ; also to invent some plausible tale , to delude shop - keepers and others , thereby to put them off their ...
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... wife's life . ARCH DUKE . A comical or eccentric fellow . ARCH ROGUE , DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN . The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies . ARCH DELL , or ARCH DOXY , signifies the same in rank among the female canters or gypsies ...
... wife's life . ARCH DUKE . A comical or eccentric fellow . ARCH ROGUE , DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN . The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies . ARCH DELL , or ARCH DOXY , signifies the same in rank among the female canters or gypsies ...
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... 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 or whore ...
... 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 or whore ...
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... wives and daughters . This custom is now abolished . Vide Duke of Rochefoucault's Travels in America . But it is a common practice in Wales among sweethearts . BUNG UPWARDS . Said of a person lying on his face . BUNG YOUR EYE . Drink a ...
... wives and daughters . This custom is now abolished . Vide Duke of Rochefoucault's Travels in America . But it is a common practice in Wales among sweethearts . BUNG UPWARDS . Said of a person lying on his face . BUNG YOUR EYE . Drink a ...
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... wife . BUTTOCKING SHOP . A brothel . BUTTON . A bad shilling , among coiners . Buz . To buz a person is to pick his pocket . The buz is the game of picking pockets in general . " Buz COVE , or BUZ GLOAK . A pickpocket : a person who is ...
... wife . BUTTOCKING SHOP . A brothel . BUTTON . A bad shilling , among coiners . Buz . To buz a person is to pick his pocket . The buz is the game of picking pockets in general . " Buz COVE , or BUZ GLOAK . A pickpocket : a person who is ...
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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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