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An Entire New List of All the Sporting Ladies Entered to run here; — with a particular Account of their Pedigrees and Performances choose

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[UK] Entire New List of the Sporting Ladies [broadsheet] From the other side of the Tweed are likewise come a numerous String of Brimstones.
at brimstone, n.
[UK] Entire New List of the Sporting Ladies [broadsheet] A bonny parcel of Lilly-white Frows [...] are now determined to try their Fortunes in the Jockeying Trade.
at jockeying, n.
[UK] Entire New List of the Sporting Ladies [broadsheet] [of venereal disease] From the other side of the Tweed [...] come a numerous String of Brimstones [...] They are now all warranted clear of the Scrub, having been well fumigated.
at scrub, n.1
[UK] Entire New List of the Sporting Ladies [broadsheet] From the other side of the Tweed are likewise come a numerous String of Brimstones.
at string, n.
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