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Low-Life; or, One half of the world, knows not how the other half live. Being a Critical Account of What Is Transacted by People of Almost All Religions, Nations, Circumstances, and Sizes of Understanding, in the Twenty-Four Hours, between Saturday-Night and Monday-Morning choose

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[UK] Low-life 87: Undertakers Men, commonly called Black-Workers [...] brushing up riusty old Cloaks and Hatbands, in order to attend the Funerals.
at black work (n.) under black, adj.
[UK] Low-life 74: The Jemmies, Brights, Flashes, Puzzes, Pizzes and Smarts of the Town [are] preparing to ride out in fives and sixes.
at bright, n.
[UK] Low-life 9: Bunters, with Bits of Candle between their Fingers and Baskets upon their Heads, rummaging the dirty Dunghills [...] for Rags and Bones.
at bunter, n.
[UK] Low-life 107: Mrs Mary Daggle-ass, and other ladies of her Profession, cursing and roaring at her Wenches [...] to drown the dismal Cries and Groans of departing Maidenheads.
at daggle-tail, n.
[UK] Low-life 74: The Jemmies, Brights, Flashes, Puzzes, Pizzes and Smarts of the Town [are] preparing to ride out in fives and sixes.
at flash, n.1
[UK] Low-life 24: Walking towards [...] Marybone and Stepney, in order to take large Morning Draughts, and secure the first Fuddle of the Day .
at fuddle, n.
[UK] Low-life 32: Publick Houses [...] setting their bad liquors aside from the good, for the Use of [...] conceited Fudlers in the Afternoon.
at fuddle, v.
[UK] Low-life 60: Little hedge Publick Houses in their own Neighbourhoods.
at hedge, adj.
[UK] Low-life 72: Wives [...] dressing themselves up in the Jemmy Taste with half Caps, many Ribbons, long Ruffles [etc].
at jemmy, adj.1
[UK] Low-life 70: Young married people [...] are retiring into their Chamber to take a Nooning, and afterwards a Nap.
at nooning, n.
[UK] Low-life 41: Gentlemens Housekeepers opening their Pipes upon Under-Servants [...] that they may knwo for a Certainty what Authority she has.
at pipes, n.1
[UK] Low-life 25: Young Fellows who have been out all night on the Ran-dan, stealing Staves and Lanthorns from such Watchmen as they find sleeping.
at on the rantan under rantan, n.
[UK] Low-life 74: The Jemmies, Brights, Flashes, Puzzes, Pizzes and Smarts of the Town [are] preparing to ride out in fives and sixes.
at smart, n.
[UK] Low-life 65: Botching Taylors and Journeymen-Translators.
at translator, n.
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