10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUCKISH»
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1811 Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue:
1811 Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue:
Buckish Slang, University ...
Spend some time with this fascinating volume to learn the slang definitions of words and phrases like "poisoned" (pregnant), "shooting the cat" (vomiting after excess alcohol consumption), and "snoozing ken" (a brothel).
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A Dictionary of
Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pick ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Grose, Member of the Whip Club, Member of the Whip Club Staff, 2010
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Lexicon Balatronicum; A Dictionary of
Buckish Slang, ...
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1811 Original Publisher: Printed for C. Chappel Subjects: English language Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language Language Arts
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Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for ...
(No. 25) and St. George's Clyst (No. 23), where the gauges are no more than
three, and fifteen inches above the ground respectively. During 1868, the rainfall
at Buckish (No. 36) was to that at Northam (No. 35), a very few miles distant, and
at ...
Ashburton. Hurricane from KE. Snow all gone, and barometer very low. Dartmoor.
Forked lightning, without thunder. 27th. Dartmoor. Sheet lightning. 28th. Buckish.
(V.) Snowstorm at 10.30 p.m., followed by heavy rain. Moorside, Halifax (IX.) ...
Ashburton. Hurricane from N.E. Snow all gone, and barometer very low.
Dartmoor. Forked lightning, without thunder. 27th. Dartmoor. Sheet lightning. 28th
. Buckish. (V.) Snowstorm at 10.30 p.m., followed by heavy rain, Moorside, Halifax
(IX.) ...
Great Britain. Meteorological Office, 1874
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Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for ...
At Ham and Saltram the guages were, the one three feet, and the other three
inches, above the ground, whilst that at Plymouth was 35 feet. The influence of
high ground is distinctly seen in the returns from N ortham and Buckish ...
Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1871
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The Columbian: Published by the Junior Class, Columbia College
Columbia Team A. Zink B. Sanders F. W. Kennedy W. G. Buckish Irish-American
A. C. Games Columbia, third Columbia Team A. Zink B. Sanders F. W. Kennedy
W. B. Buckish Columbia University Games Won by Yale; Pennsylvania, second; ...
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Report and Transactions - The Devonshire Association for the ...
In each of the five years ending December 31, 1869, the rainfall at Northam was
less than at Buckish; the defects being 13 per cent, in 1865, 26 per cent, in 1866,
27 per cent, in 1867, 25 per cent, in 1868, 24 per cent, in 1869, and 23 per cent, ...
Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1871
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUCKISH»
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buckish is used in the context of the following news items.
UK government lines up £15m in quantum scientist funding
THE UK GOVERNMENT is offering up to £15m for buckish youngsters who fancy a career in quantum computing and could be destined to build ... «Inquirer, Mar 15»
In South Africa, Hipsters and Beer Don't Mix Very Well
Seeing this brilliant set of printed ads, they made us remember how meaningful is to be (or love) a real man instead of the trendy, buckish ... «Branding Magazine, Jul 14»
The 'recency illusion'
The verb hang out, meaning to spend time or live, is attested in this 1811 “dictionary of Buckish Slang.” “The traps scavey where we hang out” ... «The Hindu, Jul 14»
How Not to Treat Your Customers
... take the matter up directly with 3.1 Phillip Lim, whose anonymous customer-care team had been responsive (if somewhat pass-the-buckish). «Jewelers Circular Keystone Online, Mar 14»
I Love Winnie Cooper
And her bright smile, made charming by her buckish front teeth, finely complimented her olive complexion. But the looks were really just the ... «New Yorker, Apr 13»
Book World: 'Exercises in Style' by Raymond Queneau
... variations include “Parechesis,” where the sound made by “bu” is repeated as often as possible (“But busseqently I buheld him with a buckish ... «Washington Post, Feb 13»
Bury me in paper
Which makes me, I suppose, in a phrase from Captain Francis Grose's Lexicon Balatronicum: a Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and ... «New Statesman, Jan 13»
The word on the street
... remains lost to us today, but a revised edition—the 1811 “Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence”—survived. «The Economist, Mar 12»
13. MONOSYLLABLE. A woman's commodity.
All terms are taken from Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket ... «HyperVocal, Mar 12»
38 Slang Terms From Colonial Times That Need to Be Brought Back
Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence (“considerably ... «HyperVocal, Feb 12»
