1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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BASTONADING. Beating any one with a stick; from baton, a stick, formerly spelt baston. BAT. A low whore: so called from moving out like bats in the dusk of the evening. BATCH. We had a pretty batch of it last night; we had a hearty dose of liquor. Batch originally means the whole quantity of bread baked at one time in an oven. BATTNER. An ox: beef being apt to batten or fatten those that eat it. The cove has hushed the battner; i.e. has killed the ox. BATCHELOR'S FARE. Bread and cheese and kisses. BATCHELOR'S SON. A bastard. BATTLE-ROYAL. A battle or bout at cudgels or fisty-cuffs, wherein more than two persons are engaged: perhaps from its resemblance, in that particular, to more serious engagements fought to settle royal disputes. BAWBEE. A halfpenny. Scotch. BAWBELS, or BAWBLES. Trinkets; a man's testicles. BAWD. A female procuress. |
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