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[UK] S. Marmion Antiquary Act IV: I did not think a man of your age and beard had been so lascivious to keep a disguis’d callet under my nose.
at callet, n.
[UK] S. Marmion Antiquary IV i: Due to the early Cherry: the first Apples / Deserve more grace: the budding rose is set by; [...] as well you may affirm the tender tree / Too young to graft upon.
at cherry, n.1
[UK] S. Marmion Antiquary IV i: Due to the early Cherry: the first Apples / Deserve more grace: the budding rose is set by; [...] as well you may affirm the tender tree / Too young to graft upon.
at graft, v.1
[UK] S. Marmion Antiquary IV i: Why, they are as joviall as twenty beggars, drink their whole cups, six glasses at a health, your Master’s almost tipt already.
at tipped, adj.
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