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... drunken hour , and it acted as a vent - peg for a fit of temper or irritability ; but it did not interlard and permeate every description of conversation as now . It was confined to nicknames and improper subjects , and encroached but ...
... drunken hour , and it acted as a vent - peg for a fit of temper or irritability ; but it did not interlard and permeate every description of conversation as now . It was confined to nicknames and improper subjects , and encroached but ...
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... drunk when the accounts are audited . - Camb . Univ . Auld - Reekie , an affectionate term for the old town of Edinburgh . Derived from its dingy appearance . Aunt Sally , a favourite figure on racecourses and at 74 THE SLANG DICTIONARY .
... drunk when the accounts are audited . - Camb . Univ . Auld - Reekie , an affectionate term for the old town of Edinburgh . Derived from its dingy appearance . Aunt Sally , a favourite figure on racecourses and at 74 THE SLANG DICTIONARY .
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... drunk . ( The word is divided here simply to convey the pronunciation . ) Bear - Leader , a tutor in a private family . In the old days of the grand tour " the term was much more in use and of course more sig- nificant than it is now ...
... drunk . ( The word is divided here simply to convey the pronunciation . ) Bear - Leader , a tutor in a private family . In the old days of the grand tour " the term was much more in use and of course more sig- nificant than it is now ...
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... parasites . Blued , or BLEWED , tipsy , or drunk . Now given way to SLEWED . Blue Devils , the apparitions supposed to be seen by habitual drunkards . Form of del . trem . ¿ Blue Moon , an unlimited period . " Once SS THE SLANG DICTIONARY .
... parasites . Blued , or BLEWED , tipsy , or drunk . Now given way to SLEWED . Blue Devils , the apparitions supposed to be seen by habitual drunkards . Form of del . trem . ¿ Blue Moon , an unlimited period . " Once SS THE SLANG DICTIONARY .
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... drunk , or nearly so . The term is an old one . Harman , in Queen Elizabeth's days , speaks of " BOUSING ( or boozing ) and belly - cheere . " Massinger also speaks of BOUSE . The term was good English in the fourteenth century , and ...
... drunk , or nearly so . The term is an old one . Harman , in Queen Elizabeth's days , speaks of " BOUSING ( or boozing ) and belly - cheere . " Massinger also speaks of BOUSE . The term was good English in the fourteenth century , and ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
allusion American amongst Ancient Cant applied Artemus Ward back slang beat beer beggars blow bookmakers boys Brummagem called Cant language cant term Cant words cards CHARLES DICKENS cheat chete cloth extra Cockney coin colour common connexion corruption costermongers cribbage Crown 8vo curious denote derived Dictionary drink drunk edition English expression fashionable favourite Fcap fellow formerly French frequently gilt Gipsy give Grose horse Hudibras illustrated Irish kind latter Lingua Franca London means modern nose old cant one's originally Oxford PANTILE paper peculiar penny person phrase PICCADILLY piece Pierce Egan popular prison Probably public-house pugilistic race reference remark rhyming slang sailors SALTEE Scotch SCREEVE sense Seven Dials Shakspeare shillings signifies sixpence slang term sometimes song speech sporting steal story street supposed synonymous thief thieves tion tongue tramps vagabonds vulgar Winchester College woman
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