Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823 - 245 pàgines |
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... words , “ black legs , " lame duck , a plumb , malingeror , nip cheese , 66 4 darbies , and the new drop , " although these are all terms of well - known import at New- market , Exchange - alley , the City , the Parade , Wapping , and ...
... words , “ black legs , " lame duck , a plumb , malingeror , nip cheese , 66 4 darbies , and the new drop , " although these are all terms of well - known import at New- market , Exchange - alley , the City , the Parade , Wapping , and ...
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Francis Grose Pierce Egan. leaving a trace behind . Such were the late fashionable words , a bore and a twaddle , among the great vulgar ; maccaroni and the barber , among the small : these , too , are here carefully regis- tered . The ...
Francis Grose Pierce Egan. leaving a trace behind . Such were the late fashionable words , a bore and a twaddle , among the great vulgar ; maccaroni and the barber , among the small : these , too , are here carefully regis- tered . The ...
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... words of their own devising , without all order 66 or reason ; and yet such it is , as none but " themselves are able ... word Crew . - This was the origin of the cant language ; its terms have been collected from the following Treatises ...
... words of their own devising , without all order 66 or reason ; and yet such it is , as none but " themselves are able ... word Crew . - This was the origin of the cant language ; its terms have been collected from the following Treatises ...
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... word has obtruded itself for explanation , he has endeavoured to get rid of it in the most decent manner possible ; and none have been admitted but such as either could not be left out without rendering the work incomplete , or in some ...
... word has obtruded itself for explanation , he has endeavoured to get rid of it in the most decent manner possible ; and none have been admitted but such as either could not be left out without rendering the work incomplete , or in some ...
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... words of their own devising , without all order 66 or reason ; and yet such it is , as none but " themselves are able ... word Crew . - This was the origin of the cant language ; its terms have been collected from the following Treatises ...
... words of their own devising , without all order 66 or reason ; and yet such it is , as none but " themselves are able ... word Crew . - This was the origin of the cant language ; its terms have been collected from the following Treatises ...
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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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