10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAPESEED»
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gapeseed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The world is full of gapeseed Your eyeballs make them bloom With juicy image-
fruits that feed The mind from birth to tomb. 10-17-80. Doppelganger Poem As the
Bazajeths of this world go through 64 ANDREW MANGRAVITE Gapeseed ...
Sometimes pronounced garp. There is no reference inthe use ofthis
phrasebyCockneys to gapeinitscorrectsense. Gapeseed, something tolookat,
cause forastonishment; a lazy fellow, unmindful ofhis work, issaidto be “looking
for gapeseed.
John Camden Hotten, Francis Grose, Ambrose Bierce, 2014
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Grose, 1st ed.—2. The virile member: C.19-20 low. Cf.: gape. The female pudend;
gen. as g. over the garter: C.19—20 low; ob. Cf. gaper. gape-seed; gapeseed. A
cause of astonishment; a marvellous event, extraordinary or unusual sight, etc.
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Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary of Buckish slang, ...
A hurdle: traitors being usually conveyed from the gaol to the place of execution
on a hurdle or sledge. ' GAPESEED. Sights, any thing to feed the eye. I am come
abroad for a little gapeseed. . GAPSTOPPER. Awhoremaster. GARDEN. To put a
...
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
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A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
I am come abroad for a little gapeseed. Garnish. An entrance fee demanded by
the old prisoners of one just committed to gaol. Garret, or Upper Story. The head.
His garret,, or upper story, is empty, or unsurnished ; i. e. he has no brains, he is a
...
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Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, ...
A whoremaster. , Gapeseed. Sights ; any thing to feed the eye. I am come abroad
for a little gapeseed. Ga hnish. A n entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners
of one just committed to gaol. Garret, or Upper Story. The head. His garret, or ...
Francis Grose, Hewson Clarke, 1811
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Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Gapeseed. Sights, any thing to feed the eye. I am come abroad for a little
gapeseed. Gapstoppee. A whoremaster. Garden. To put a person in the garden,
in the hole, in the bucket, or in the well, are synonymous phrases, signifying to
defraud ...
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
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Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 1811: A Dictionary of ...
GAPESEED. Sights; any thing to feed the eye. I am come abroad for a little
gapeseed. GARNISH. An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners of one just
committedtojail. GARRET, or UPPERSTORY. The head. His garret, or upper story
, ...
ed. Campbell McCutcheon, 2013
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Grose's Classical Dictionary of Th Vulgar Tongue: Revised ...
Gaoler's Coach. A hurdle : traitors being usually conveyed from the gaol to the
place of execution on a hurdle or sledge. Gapeseed. Sights, any thing to feed the
eye. I am come abroad for a little gapeseed. Gapstopper. A whoremaster. Garden
.
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
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1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
A gang of sheep trotters; the four feet of a sheep. GAOLER'S COACH. A hurdle:
traitors being usually conveyed from the gaol, to the place of execution, on a
hurdle or sledge. GAP STOPPER. A whoremaster. GAPESEED. Sights; any thing
...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAPESEED»
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In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente Review | Orphan's …
Ostracized for the birthmark, she was only even allowed to wander the garden – relegated as a tolerated local gapeseed – out of fear of ... «Boomtron.com, Apr 15»
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Sluice your gob with this gapeseed, ye lushingtons and kates! ... Gapeseed: Wonderful stories; any thing that will cause people to stop, look, ... «Slate Magazine, Oct 13»
