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The female Amazon, or a genuine accgunt [sic] of the most remarkable adventures, and complicated intrigues, displayed in the life of the celebrated and notorious Miss Fanny Davies, the Borough beauty choose

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[UK] Mr Thompson Female Amazon 4: She was [...] constantly attending the pawnbroker’s office and the gin-shop [...] and was able [...] to outwit both Mr Two to One, and Mr Boniface.
at boniface, n.
[UK] Mr Thompson Female Amazon 6: The report of her beauty had now reached the ears of a certain libidinous old gentleman [...] most famous for oeconomy [...] Fanny lived with that son of Gripus.
at gripe, n.1
[UK] Mr Thompson Female Amazon 21: Her beauty and modest demeanour proving favourable to her calling, as a lady of the town.
at lady about town (n.) under lady, n.
[UK] Mr Thompson Female Amazon 10: She received advice [...] that her scampsman was under sentence of deat at Kingston.
at scampsman (n.) under scamp, n.
[UK] Mr Thompson Female Amazon 31: She was immediately taken over the water [i.e. from Southwark to the City].
at water, the, n.
[UK] Mr Thompson Female Amazon 11: This very identical fellow who was [...] rescued from the fatal tree.
at triple tree, n.
[UK] Mr Thompson Female Amazon 4: She was [...] constantly attending the pawnbroker’s office and the gin-shop [...] and was able [...] to outwit both Mr Two to One, and Mr Boniface.
at two-to-one (n.) under two, adj.
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