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Mirror for Magistrates choose

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[UK] J. Higgins et al. Mirror for Magistrates (1815) 73: And I had clawbackes even in Court full rife, / Which sought by mine outrages gaines to winne.
at claw-back (n.) under claw, n.
[UK] J. Higgins et al. Mirror for Magistrates (1815) 79: The rascall rude, the roag, the clubfist griepte, / My sclender arme, and pluckt mee on in hast.
at club-fist (n.) under club, n.
[UK] J. Higgins et al. Mirror for Magistrates (1815) 483: When facing foisters fit for Tiburne fraies, Are food-sick faint, or heart-sick run their waies.
at foister, n.
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