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New-England 162: The Gallants a little before Sun-set walk with their Marmalet-Madams, as we do in Morefields, &c. till the nine a clock Bell rings them home.at marmulet madam, n.
New-England 162: The Gallants a little before Sun-set walk with their Marmalet-Madams, as we do in Morefields, &c. till the nine a clock Bell rings them home. New-England Mag. Nov. 397: There 's Billy Dough-head, harmless youth, / Who ne’er touched sword, or ever saw gun, / Fumbles his sconce, and finds, forsooth, / That he 's a huge destructive organ.at dough-head (n.) under dough, n.
New England Mag. (Boston) III 380: We have [...] ‘Gosh’ and ‘Gorrih’ for ‘By G—d’; ‘tarnation’ and ‘darnation’ for damnation .at tarnation, n.
New Eng. Mag. Oct. 317: He felt ‘as savage,’ he swore, ‘as a meat-axe’.at savage as a meat axe (adj.) under meat axe, n.
New Eng. Mag. 4 460: I need not expatiate on my gift at pleasing the feminine gender; ‘Verbum sat,’ (excuse my French!).at excuse my French under French, n.
New Eng. Mag. June 455/1: My pulse quickens as I recall the glorious times with our ‘jumper,’ and the hair-breadth escapes from posts and barberry bushes, in our swift descent upon the ice [DA].at jumper, n.1
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