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The Piccadilly Ambulator, or Old Q: Containing Memoirs of the Private Life of That Ever-Green Votary of Venus! Throughout Which Are Interspersed Anecdotes of the Most Noted Fasionables, His Contemporaries choose

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[UK] J.P. Hurstone Piccadilly Ambulator I 33: Cogging the die [...] is practised by plaing a false die between the joints of the little finger, and dexterously concealing it from the view of the other players [...] [he only lets the concealed die fall from his finger, having previously fixed it, so that it will exhibit such a number as he has wagered upon.
at cog, v.
[UK] J.P. Hurstone Piccadilly Ambulator I : .
at horse-collar, n.
[UK] J.P. Hurstone Piccadilly Ambulator II 86: His grace was taken in for a pretty good sum, as the lady was completely adept in the Cyprian science.
at Cyprian science (n.) under Cyprian, adj.
[UK] J.P. Hurstone Piccadilly Ambulator I 25: This fiery gentleman was no other than the celebrated fire-eater, or duellist .
at fire-eater, n.
[UK] J.P. Hurstone Piccadilly Ambulator I 30: ‘This oaken greatcoat (pointing to the coffin) will shortly be better calculated for you than your present dress’.
at wooden overcoat (n.) under wooden, adj.
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