Funny slang from the 18th century.
Balsam.......Money
Bedfordshire........I am for Bedfordshire, i.e. for going to bed.
Corporation..... A large belly. He has a glorious corporation, he has a very prominent belly.
Crashing cheats.....Teeth.
Croaker.... One who is always foretelling some accident or misfortune:
an allusion to the croaking of a raven, supposed ominous.
Cut one's stick.....To be off.
Dog's soup....Rain water.
Fart catcher....A valet or footman, from his walking behind his master or mistress.
Friday-face....A dismal countenance. Before, and even long after the Reformation,
Friday was a day of abstinence.
Irish apricots.....Potatoes.
Mopsqueezer.....A maid servant, particularly a housemaid.
Not a feather to fly with....Ruined.
Piss Prophet....A physician who judges of the diseases of his patients
solely by the inspection of their urine.
Pockets to let....Out of cash; done up.
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