1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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BLANK. To look blank; to appear disappointed or confounded. BLANKET HORNPIPE. The amorous congress. BLARNEY. He has licked the blarney stone; he deals in the wonderful, or tips us the traveller. The blarney stone is a triangular stone on the very top of an ancient castle of that name in the county of Cork in Ireland, extremely difficult of access; so that to have ascended to it, was considered as a proof of perseverance, courage, and agility, whereof many are supposed to claim the honour, who never atchieved the adventure: and to tip the blarney, is figuratively used telling a marvellous story, or falsity; and also sometimes to express flattery. Irish. A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE. An abandoned rogue or prostitute. Cant. To BLAST. To curse. BLATER. A calf. Cant. BLEACHED MORT. A fair-complexioned wench. BLEATERS. Those cheated by Jack in a box. CANT.--See JACK IN A BOX. BLEATING CHEAT. A sheep. Cant. |
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