balum rancum
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
balum rancum
- (idiomatic) A dance, performed by a company of prostitutes naked.
- 2006, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch, page 124:
- And just when did you last see decorous Sea Officers, Lewrie asked himself in wonder at such a ludicrous statement? Leaping rantipole and playing balum-rancum in church? Hymn-singing in brothels?
References[edit]
[Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Balum rancum”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.