Sportsman's slang; a new dictionary of terms used in the affairs of the turf, the ring, the chase and the cock-pit, with those of bon-ton and the varieties of life / interspersed with anecdotes and whimsies, with tart quotations and rum-ones, with examples, proofs and monitory precepts, useful and proper for novices, flats and yokels, by Jon Bee [pseud].
- John Badcock
- Date:
- 1825
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Sportsman's slang; a new dictionary of terms used in the affairs of the turf, the ring, the chase and the cock-pit, with those of bon-ton and the varieties of life / interspersed with anecdotes and whimsies, with tart quotations and rum-ones, with examples, proofs and monitory precepts, useful and proper for novices, flats and yokels, by Jon Bee [pseud]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![sold by one Fulham in Chandos-street, near St. Martin’s- lane, the name was assumed by a few choice-spirits meeting there to drink said ale: their sittings were permanent. ‘ The Brilliants’ had the complete use of their tongues; and when,, in 1796, ‘ the Gagging-bills,’ so called, became law, clogging liberty of speech and the right of assembling, the orators of experience, as well as those requiring juvenile trials, joined ‘ the brilliants,1 and talked pompously of trifles. The subjects of debate sprung up on the spur of the occa- sion, or, if notice of motion were given from night to night, it was but to attain higher burlesque upon * the other houses’ in the adjoining parish. On these bases were engrafted much good and elegant flower of speech; the speakers usually ran away with the argument for that purpose, and success- fully ridiculed a law that would stop men’s mouths, and its authors (Pitt and Grenville) got laughed out of conceit with themselves. At the introduction members paid 9d. each, the price of ‘ a brilliant’ pot of ale; and in 1797 two thousand names had been inscribed; the admission was in- creased to half-a-crown when we travelled, and 10,000 members might have been introduced altogether, when it ceased. See Eccentrics. Brimstone—female only; one who fires away at the first spark, throwing forth fine flashes of oratory and scintillee of wit: faggot, bitch, or w e, are the usual adjunctivce. Brim and Brimmer—are but abbreviations of the same. Bring—to obtain, to fetch, or steal. Dogs are said to ‘ bring well,’ when they run into a shop, and bring off to their owners, goods, which the rogue had previously pointed out to his too faithful companion. See Thing.—Thieves are said ‘ to bring’ such things as they may have stolen. Brisket, or Breast cut—a hit on the breast or collar-bone, which is showy, but harmless, though it may cause a floorer. Broads—Cards. See Books. Broad-ax—‘ the King’s Broad arrow,' H. M. mark on naval stores, which none are to imitate. Brogues—primitive shoes of ill-tanned hide, used in Ireland and Scotland ; whence the cadenza of enunciation is figu- ratively called ‘ the brogue of this or that country. Broo?n—See ‘ Brush.1 “ She carries the broom up at tho mast-head, [is Long Shore] signifies ‘ to be sold or hired,’ and is applied to females as well as ships, which are like- wise spoken of in the feminine..](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29298453_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
