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Stamford Mercury 9 Sept. 2/3: Bills of Moratalitry from August 24. to August 31. [...] Teeth — 21. Thrush — 1. Tissick — 2.at tissick, n.
Stamford Mercury 9 Sept. 2/3: Bills of Moratalitry from August 24. to August 31. [...] Teeth — 21. Thrush — 1. Tissick — 2. Stamford Mercury 27 Sept. 3: By and by the Mob increased, and he heard the People at the Mug-house cry ‘King George for ever’.at mughouse (n.) under mug, n.1
Stamford Mercury 5 June 3/2: London, May 29. Bill of Mortality from May 20 to May 27. Aged — 41 [...] Fever — 59. French-Pox — 2.at French pox (n.) under French, adj.
Stamford Mercury 8 May 8: After he had killed her [...] he scoured off.at scour, v.2
Stamford Mercury 28 Mar. 7/1: Yesterday Capt. Brown [...] being under some Discontent, discharged a Pistol at his head, the Slugs lodged therein.at slug, n.1
Stamford Mercury 26 Oct. n.p.: ’T was I be—t the Bed, not you.at shit, v.
Stamford Mercury 5 Mar. 1/1: If Britain [...] takes care care that no Ambo-dexter shall retard Execution of her Designs, the Bourbon Family may [be] rendered’d incapable of disturbing the Repose of Europe.at ambidexter, n.
Stamford Mercury 3 Dec. 1/1: What prowess modern Bucks display, / Above the sneaking feats we’re told / Of reptile Bloods, in times of old; / When Scow’rers and Mohocks laid claim / To all the flattery of the flame.at blood, n.1
Stamford Mercury 3 Dec. 1/1: What prowess modern Bucks display, / Above the sneaking feats we’re told / Of reptile Bloods, in times of old; / When Scow’rers and Mohocks laid claim / To all the flattery of the flame.at Mohock, n.
Stamford Mercury 3 Dec. 1/1: What prowess modern Bucks display, / Above the sneaking feats we’re told / Of reptile Bloods, in times of old; / When Scow’rers and Mohocks laid claim / To all the flattery of the flame.at scourer, n.
Stamford Mercury 4 Feb. 1/1: In olden times, your grannams unrefin’d, / Ty’d up the tongue, put padlocks on the mind.at grannam, n.2
Stamford Mercury 18 Feb. 4/4: Stevens is [...] well grown, with light brown hair tied behind, his eye-brows and beard rather carrotty.at carrotty, adj.
Stamford Mercury 3 Nov. 1/2: Two were convicted of frauds, one of whom was the man, for defrauding a young woman by dropping a ring [...] The ring dropper is to be imprisoned for one year at Newgate.at ring faller, n.
Stamford Mercury 28 Dec. 1/3: Mr Peake collared them [...] They were taken into custody.at collar, v.
Stamford Mercury 3 Jan. 2/3: The possessor was obliged [...] to give a doucer of 100l. to prevent a foreclosure.at doucer, n.
Stamford Mercury 17 Jan. 2/2: He gave five joes to each of his soldiers.at joe, n.2
Stamford Mercury 8 Feb. 1/2: I am informed they often fob us off only with your serjeant-men.at fob someone off (v.) under fob, v.
Stamford Mercury 2 May 4/1: I swear by G—d ’tis beastly / Thus (like an Essex calf) to treat poor Priestly.at beastly, adj.
Stamford Mercury 2 May 4/1: I swear by G—d ’tis beastly / Thus (like an Essex calf) to treat poor Priestly.at Essex calf (n.) under Essex, adj.
Stamford Mercury 2 May 4/1: I swear by G—d ’tis beastly / Thus (like an Essex calf) to treat poor Priestly.at right, adj.
Stamford Mercury 14 Sept. 4/3: Never can common sense or English ears be reconciled to the horrid jargon of the ‘ayd-de-caung, sang-froy, bong-tong’ [...] and such-like trash.at bong tong, n.
Stamford Mercury 20 Aug. 2/4: Her colleagues [...] bullyragg’d her ‘within an inch of her life’, spat in her face, and called her everything their tongues could lay hand to.at bullyrag, v.
Stamford Mercury 29 July 3/2: Srah Clarke, a nymph of the pavé, was found guilty of stealing.at nymph of the pavé, n.
Stamford Mercury 7 July 4/7: Jack held out his hand with all the money he had,and said, ‘dash my wig, Master Parson, take this, and marry us’.at dash my wig(s)! (excl.) under dash, v.1
Stamford Mercury 19 Mar. 4/2: Robert Upex [...] was taken into custody, and ordered to ascend a perpetual staircase for one month.at perpetual staircase, n.
Stamford Mercury 14 May 4/3: A gentleman, arrayed in a most splendid pair of untalkaboutables.at unmentionables, n.
Stamford Mercury 13 Jan. 2/2: A man known as Lumpy Taylor who has long been a trouble to police, owing to his drunken and aggressive habits.at lumpy, adj.1
Stamford Mercury 16 June 3/2: A race took place [...] between a respectable Burn-crust [...] and a large Farmer.at burn-crust (n.) under burn, v.
Stamford Mercury 20 Oct. 3/4: A well-known knight of the brush [...] took an airing on Sunday last in an open carriage [...] his manners offended the rustics.at ...the brush (and shovel) under knight of the..., n.
Stamford Mercury 10 Jan. 3/5: Half a dozen of the thimble-rig gentry [...] were sent to Lob’s-pound to experience a month’s hospitality.at lob’s pound, n.
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