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[UK] R.C. Times’ Whistle Sat. V 2222: He daily gleanes His pot of nappy ale.
at nappy (ale), n.
[UK] R.C. Times’ Whistle 1835: Thus they drink round / Vntill their adle heads doe make the ground / Seeme blew vnto them; till their hands doe shake .
at till all is blue, phr.
[UK] R.C. Times’ Whistle Sat. IV 1255: Some rich cuffe [...] of far worse qualities than an olde ape.
at cuff, n.1
[UK] R.C. Times’ Whistle (1871) Satire VI 76: ’Tis safest gutting at a loafe begunne .
at gut, v.1
[UK] R.C. Times’ Whistle Sat. V 2219: And skip-iacke now will have his pipe of smoke, And whiff it bravely till hee’s like to choke.
at skip-jack, n.
[UK] R.C. Times’ Whistle Sat. V 2219: And skip-iacke now will have his pipe of smoke, And whiff it bravely till hee’s like to choke.
at smoke, n.
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