1770 Town & Country Mag. Dec. 654/2: Had it not been for this accident, it [i.e. a purse] would have been by this time dispersed among the black legs and thieves of Newmarket.at blackleg, n.1
1771 Town & Country Mag. Jan. 7/1: He was compelled to hire himself as a livery servant to his footman, and now in turn rode behind his former valet’s chariot. This knight of the rainbow had a little more prudence than his late master.at ...the rainbow under knight of the..., n.
1772 Town & Country Mag. Supp. 675/2: When a stranger on his coming into the low fenny country is seized with an ague, they say he is arrested by the bailiff of Marshland.at arrested by the bailiff of marshland, phr.
1772 Town & Country Mag. Feb. 73/1: His father was a pawnbroker near St Giles’s [...] The pop shop was ready for the pledges, the gin shop was ready for the money lent upon them.at pop shop (n.) under pop, v.2
1773 Town & Country Mag. Supp. 693/2: He left the house [...] under the direction of a young clerk, of a buckish disposition, and a couple of maid servants.at buckish (adj.) under buck, n.1