 GOOD MAN. A word of various imports, according to the place where it is spoken: in the city it means a rich man; at Hockley in the Hole, or St. Giles's, an expert boxer; at a bagnio in Covent Garden, a vigorous fornicator; at an alehouse or tavern, one...  A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue - Sida 74efter Francis Grose - 1785 - 182 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | James Caulfield - 1793 - 312 sidor
.....Oxford, where the heads of houfes fit, thofe gentlemen being by the wits of the univerfity called fculls. GOOD MAN, a word of various imports, according to the place where it is fpoken ; in the city it means a rich man ; at Hockley in the Hole, or St. Giles's, an expert boxer;... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1811 - 244 sidor
...fellow. GOLOSHES, i, e. Goliah's shoes. Large leathern clogs, worn by invalids over their ordinary shoes. GOOD MAN. A word of various imports, according to...tavern, one who loves his pot or bottle; and sometimes, though but rarely, a virtuous nian Goon WOMAN. A nondescript, represented on a famous sign in St. Giles's,... | |
 | Francis Grose, Pierce Egan - 1823 - 342 sidor
...according to the place where it is spoken : in the city it means a rich man ; at Hockley-in-thc-Hole, or St. Giles's, an expert boxer: at a bagnio in Covent...an alehouse or tavern, one' who 'loves his' 'pot or battle; and sometimes, though but rarely, a virtuous man.' GOOD WOMAN. A nondescript, represented on... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1823 - 342 sidor
...good as bread, or, good at cheese, are merely emphatical phrases to the same effect. See CAZ. GOODMAN. A word of various imports, according to the place...it is spoken: in the city it means a rich man; at Hockley-in-thc-Hole, or St. Giles's, an expert boxer; at a bagnio in Covent Garden, a vigorous fornicator;... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1893 - 404 sidor
...Cant. Crew, sv GOOD FELLOW, a Pot companion or Friend of the Bottle. 1785. GROSE, Vvlg. Tongue, sv A word of various imports, according to the place...tavern, one who loves his pot or bottle : and sometimes, though but rarely, a virtuous man. 1822. SCOTT, _For1tuus of Nigel, ch. xvii. the BOY. 1822. SCOTT,... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1893 - 368 sidor
...Cant. Crem, sv GOOD FELLOW, a Pot companion or Friend of the Bottle. 1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, sv A word of various imports, according to the place...it is spoken ; in the city it means a rich man ; at Hcckley in the Hole, or St. Giles's, an expert boxer ; at a bagnio in Covent Garden, a vigorous fornicator... | |
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