10 BÜCHER, DIE MIT «WHIPJACK» IM ZUSAMMENHANG STEHEN
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Delphi Complete Works of John Buchan (Illustrated)
The whipjack nodded. “There isa mighty todo among the great folk,” he cried. “
Flatsole isinBernwood, fresh from the north, and he says there is a fire alightin
Yorkshire thattheKing's men cannot put out, and a running toandfro of dukes and
...
2
Rogues, Vagabonds, & Sturdy Beggars: A New Gallery of Tudor ...
Whipjack. These Fresh-Water Mariners and their ships were drowned in the Plain
of Salisbury." These kind of Caterpillars counterfeit great losses on the sea; these
be some Western men, and most be Irishmen. These will run about the country ...
'I swear you the beggar's oath of fealty, sire,' he said, and the whipjack had a
sudden hierarchic dignity. 'The oath by water and fire and cold steel and common
blood. Whenever your call sounds, the beggars will rise around ye like an
autumn ...
4
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
See Whiphand. Whipherjenny,subs.phr. (old).—A term ofcontempt. Whipjack,
subs. phr. (old).—A beggar shamming shipwreck. Hencea generic term of
contempt. c. 1530. Ponet [Maitland,On Reformation, 74]. Albeit one Boner (a bare
whippe ...
5
Sport and Society: Elizabeth to Anne
Even the ranks of roguery and vagabondage were imbued, at least by their
commentators, with a virility and out-goingness, even (if the words are
permissible in this context) with a sense of propriety and order, the 'Prigman', '
Whipjack', 'Quire ...
6
The Blanket of the Dark
"I swear you the beggar'soath offealty, sire," he said, and the whipjack had a
sudden hierarchic dignity. "The oath by water and fire and cold steel and
common blood. Whenever your call sounds, the beggars will rise around
yelikean autumn ...
It was written in the style of a man who liked to poke fun at himself, and was titled
Three Yo-hos and a Bottle oj Rum, by Whipjack. It went like this: "If I could save a
hundred pound — Haul away, Joe, I'd ship on board of a Homeward bound, ...
8
Among Thieves: A Tale of the Kin
The idea was that, besides making twice the profit off a single piece of swag, the
Whipjack couldn't be caught with the valuables in hand since he moved it
between marks so fast. Fedim must have been this Whipjack's middleman, selling
the ...
9
The New Monthly Magazine
The WhipJack unbuckled his strap, threw away his timber leg, and “ leapt exulting
, like the bounding roe.” The Dummerar, whose tongue had been cut out by the
Algerincs, suddenly found the use of it, and made the welkin ring with his shouts.
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Extracts from the registers of the Stationers company of ...
A wilde roge and a ruffeler, A paylyard and a proud pedler, A tame roge and a
tynker, An Abraham man and a frater, A J ackman and a Patrice, A whipjack and
a kitchinco, A dell and an antemorte," &c. These terms (long afterwards employed
) ...
