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The Harlot’s Progress: / or, the / Humours of Drury- Lane. / [...] / Being the Tale of the noted Moll Hackabout, in Hudibrastick Verse, containing her whole Life; which is a Key to the Six Prints lately publish’d by Mr. Hogarth choose

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[UK] Harlot’s Progress (2 edn) n.p.: [T]he Funeral Pomp of Harlots in Triumph; Six Mutes, Sisters of the Trade; the Parson, a very Wag; the Clerk, a Sly-Boots; and the Undertaker, one of the Family of the Sad Dogs.
at sad dog (n.) under sad, adj.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 9: My Dear, said she, and strok’d her Chin, / I mind the Letter not a Pin.
at not care a pin, v.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 28: A Lord / [...] / saw Moll at Play, and lik’d her Looks, / And long’d for — what?Hey Gammer Cooks?
at play hey gammer cook (v.) under play (at)..., v.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 32: ’Twas a black Thing, with a black Hole, / [...] / In this same black Hole, a white Thing was put, / With a fiery Nose, the length almost a Foot.
at black thing (n.) under black, adj.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 56: Bess Lemmox served the Wine, the Blowse, / Star’d at the Pr—st, and knit her Brows.
at blowse, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 14: With his left hand he tip’d a Broad-piece.
at broad, n.1
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 18: And dread the very Name of Whoring, / As little Culls do Bullies Roaring.
at bully, n.1
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 16: He flies at all the Game that comes, / From Locket Miss to ragged Bums.
at bum, n.3
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 27: Moll would propose, / Each there should strip off all their Clothes, / [...] / And if the Cole did higher rise, / A Game at Chuck, a burning Shame!
at burning shame, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 57: Our Priest was so so, / And mid’st his Gifts and Piety, / Did not despise the Rem in Re.
at caught with rem-in-re, phr.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 27: Moll would propose, / Each there should strip off all their Clothes, / [...] / And if the Cole did higher rise, / A Game at Chuck, a burning Shame!
at chuck-office (n.) under chuck, v.2
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 34: Rejoicing at a Watch she crib’d / The Night before, from one that nib’d.
at crib, v.1
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 9: Till with the Crinkrams Sib was rotten, / And by her humble Slaves forgotten.
at crinkum, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 46: My bunch of rods, for Flogging-Cull / When he is jaded, dry or dull, / To modest Edm—d Cu—l I give.
at flogging cully, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 48: Then build an Hospital for Doxies, / Endue it with a handsome Bounty.
at doxy, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 52: Ye Bundle of Guts, ye Dumpling Head, / Ye’ve sent the Girl among the Dead!
at dumpling head (n.) under dumpling, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 16: He flies at all the Game that comes, / From Locket Miss to ragged Bums.
at game, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 29: The Articles wre seal’d and sign’d, / The Palce appointed; Giblets join’d.
at join giblets (v.) under giblets, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 54: A grave pious Man of Crape, / After Refreshment from the Grape, / Stood up.
at grape, n.1
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 40: But to be pleasant — Cutting Capers / Cur’d Moll of Hippo, and the vapours.
at hypo, n.1
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 30: [She] took James Dalton to her Arms, / Till Ketch depriv’d her of his Charms.
at Jack Ketch, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 41: Comes a gruf Constable in charge / Of one who liv’d both loose and large.
at large, adv.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 27: Kitt would propose — such Postures Play, / As those who understood the Lay.
at lay, n.3
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 30: The Box serv’d too for other Uses, / To hold Machines for broken Sluices.
at machine, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 39: This said, to shew his Power, he mill’d her, / ’Till Envy, Grief, and Shame had fill’d her.
at mill, v.1
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 27: Kitt would propose — such Postures Play, / As those who understood the Lay.
at posture moll (n.) under moll, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 7: Comes an old Baud, ’twas Mother Bent—y.
at mother, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 34: Rejoicing at a Watch she crib’d / The Night before, from one that nib’d.
at nab, v.1
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 50: And you, by this, with Guy may trick / Tnat cunning friend of yours, Old Nick.
at Old Nick, n.
[UK] Harlot’s Progress 7: What pretty Maidens, pr’ythee, have ye / Brought up to Town? — Children, Odd save ye!
at od, n.
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