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The New Inn choose

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[UK] Jonson New Inn I i: I have talk’d somewhat above my share, At large, and been in the altitudes, the extravagants.
at in one’s altitudes (adj.) under altitudes, n.
[UK] Jonson New Inn I i: It is against my freehold [...] To drink such balderdash, or bonny-clabber!
at balderdash, n.
[UK] Jonson New Inn I i: It is against my freehold [...] To drink such balderdash, or bonny-clabber!
at bonny-clapper, n.
[UK] Jonson New Inn III i: They’ll [...] pack away in their trundling-cheats like gipsies.
at trundling-cheat, n.
[UK] Jonson New Inn I i: The mad lord Frampul! [...] as cock-brain’d as e’er the father was!
at cock-brain (n.) under cock, n.3
[UK] Jonson New Inn I i: Ease his pockets of a superfluous watch.
at ease, v.1
[UK] Jonson New Inn II i: These base mechanics never keep their word.
at mechanic, n.
[UK] Jonson New Inn I i: To play sir Pandarus, my copy hath it [...] To mount the chambermaid.
at mount, v.1
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