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Teagueland Jests or Bogg-Witticisms choose

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[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests II 145: Such a Rabble of Tag, Rag and Bob-tail .
at rag, tag and bobtail, n.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 77: It [i.e. a picture of a mermaid] musht be de Picture of a Laudy, wid a Fish at her Arse.
at arse, n.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests II 148: No begar (said the Frenchman) we did never hear of an Irish Saint.
at begorra!, excl.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 18: [of horses] Who de pocksh would be so plaug’d wid a couple of deevillish Beetches [...] I wish [...] dat I had mauke one lushty auble Horse for both de Beetchesh.
at bitch, n.1
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 102: Mee Wife did mauke very much Scolding upon me, and de Beesh did call me Cuckold.
at bitch, n.1
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests II 176: [P]itying the invincible Blockishness of the Kern, [she] would not take any Revenge on him.
at blockish (adj.) under block, n.1
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests II 153: Away goes Mac as big as Bull-beef, pust up with the Vapours and Exhalations of his Boggy heart.
at boggy (adj.) under bog, n.3
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 3: Prethee get home, you Bog-trotting Owl.
at bogtrot (v.) under bog, n.3
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 24: A certain Lord had a nimble Bog-Trotter to his Servant.
at bogtrotter (n.) under bog, n.3
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 90: A Gentleman having a Bog-Footman, gave him a Letter to bring an Answer to.
at bog, n.3
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 70: Out, you Lousie Bogg-trotting Skip [...] marry troop up, Bonny-clapper.
at bonny-clapper, n.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 69: Pox on you, for a pair of Buffle-headed Coxcombs.
at bufflehead, n.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests II 158: Oh! bee mee Shoul, crys Teague, shee dere a Man riding a Horsheback upon a Cow. That’s a great bull replied the Gentleman. Po, po, po, po, dear Joy, says Teague, dou art mishtauken; for it ish no Bull, but a Cow, dou maysht shee hish Teats.
at bull, n.2
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 122: Some stuft with Aqua Tetra-Chymagogon, and other hard Names, that would burst a Conjuror.
at burst, v.1
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 98: She threw a full Pot of Chamber-lee upon him.
at chamber lye, n.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 87: She drank two Dishes of Choak-a-Cat dish Morning.
at choke-a-cat (n.) under choke, v.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests II 151: You have lodged in my House above six Weeks, and I have not received one Cob of you.
at cob, n.1
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 70: Out, you Lousie Bogg-trotting Skip [...] marry troop up, Bonny-clapper.
at marry come up!, excl.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 14: They happened to sit down [...] to entertain themselves with a little private Converse , it was about the business of Comfortable Importance.
at comfortable importance (n.) under comfortable, adj.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests II 167: Cots plut (says the Welshman) hur has not hur Cun pounce one, two, threee times.
at cotso!, excl.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 61: Donnel was preferr’d [...] to marry my Lady’s Chamber-maid and received 50 pound in consideration of a crack’d pitcher [...] three weeks after, the Bride was delivered of a child.
at cracked pitcher (n.) under cracked, adj.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 22: One of Dear-Joy-Land had a Son that served a Gentleman.
at Dear-Joy-Land (n.) under dear joy, n.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 55: Accented and pronounced in the Tone of Dear-Joy-Land, intermixed with a World of O hones! hoo! hoo! poo’s! and the like.
at Dear-Joy-Land (n.) under dear joy, n.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 116: I will put de Fly against dy Fart-hole.
at fart-hole (n.) under fart, n.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 34: I cannot lie wid dy nasty Sharvants [...] dey do fart and stink.
at fart, v.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 12: When he came underneath the Fertile Tree, and had the second time taken the form of hanging into his consideration [etc].
at fertile tree, n.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests I 19: They pursued the rest of their Journey on Foot-back.
at footback, n.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests II 160: He stormed the Fort and took it [...] he boldly entred [sic] again, and took Possession.
at fort, n.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests II 140: A young fresh-Water Soldier newly come out of the Bogs to serve in the late King’s Army [etc] .
at freshwater soldier (n.) under Freshwater, adj.
[Ire] ‘Teague’ Teagueland Jests II 160: Mistris Bish-Fox, give me my Gold; Begar, if you will not — [i.e. fuck] for love, begar you shall never have my Money.
at fuck, v.
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