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Genuine memoirs of the late celebrated Jane D****s choose

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[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 74: How often, said the colonel, have you sold this girl’s maidenhead. As G—d’s my judge, answered Jenny, she has has never yet been broke.
at break (someone) in (v.) under break, v.1
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 123: She was above the mean practice of sending out her daughters and children (for so the bauds stile their whores) at night, in order to pickm up gallants, and bring them home.
at child, n.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 86: An intention to make the Frenchyfied noblemen pay dear for her foreign commodities.
at commodity, n.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 85: She soon became acquainted with Madame P—s, who kept a celebrated convent in the Rue de st Honoré.
at convent, n.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 14: She was obliged once more to have course to street walking. The first cully she met was a presbyterian parson.
at cully, n.1
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 123: She was above the mean practice of sending out her daughters and children (for so the bauds stile their whores) at night, in order to pickm up gallants, and bring them home.
at daughter, n.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 74: Alkl the gentlemen that frequent our house, allow me to be the fairest dealer in Covent-garden.
at dealer, n.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 73: Pox take her, says the colonel, if I don’t mistake her, she gave me a good winter’s firing.
at fire, v.1
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 70: He paid down the ten guineas, and went to bed with his fireship.
at fireship, n.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 33: She drank flip, and cursed as loudly as any sailor of them all.
at flip, n.1
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 70: His lordship returned, extremely flustered with liquor.
at flustered, adj.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 22: In the meantime, added she, as I have got no husband for tonight, we’ll go and have some supper.
at husband, n.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 75: Jenny [...] politely said to the colonel, well sir if you had not young meat, at least it was wholesome.
at meat, n.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 116: Obediah Broad-brim, who tho’ he was full of the spirit had not entirely subdued the lusts of the flesh.
at Obadiah, n.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 74: How often, said the colonel, have you sold this girl’s maidenhead. As G—d’s my judge, answered Jenny, she has has never yet been broke [...] but whether she was ever run down in the country I cannot say.
at run, v.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 62: Old Jane was such a skinflint, if I may be allowed the expression.
at skinflint, n.
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 31: She was saluted by every whore in Smock-alley with, ‘Long life to you, mother C—s’.
at smock alley (n.) under smock, n.1
[UK] Memoirs of [...] Jane D****s 70: His lordship soon after found himself afflicted with the American p—x, commonly called the y—s.
at yellow, n.
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