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 : Forming an Original and Authentic Lexicon Balatronicum Et Macaronicum, Particulary Adapted to the Use of the Sporting World ... : Interspersed with Anecdotes and Whimsies, with Tart Quotations and Rum-ones, with Examples, Proofs and Monitory Precepts, Useful and Proper for Novices, Flats and YokelsW. Lewis, 1825 - 202 Seiten |
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