1726 J. Gay ‘Molly Mog’ Poetical Works II (1854) 172: O nephew! your grief is but folly, / In Town you may find better prog.at prog, n.1
1727 J. Gay ‘A New Song of New Similes’ Poetical Works II (1854) 181: Drunk as a piper all day long.at drunk as (a)..., adj.
1727 J. Gay ‘A New Song of New Similes’ Poetical Works II (1854) 181: I drink, yet can’t forget her; / For though as drunk as David’s sow, / I love her still the better.at drunk as David’s sow, adj.