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Mirror of Lit. 14 8/2: Tickler (aside to Shepherd) He’s raving [...] Odoherty (to both) Mad as a hatter.at ...a hatter under mad as..., adj.
Mirror of Lit. 14 8/2: Tickler (aside to Shepherd) He’s raving [...] Odoherty (to both) Mad as a hatter. Mirror of Lit. 73: If you are very ignorant, you must be told that poteen is the far famed liquor which the Irish, on the faith of the proverb, ‘stolen bread is sweetest’, prefer, in spite of law, and-no-not of lawgivers, they drink it themselves, to its unsuccessful rival, parliament whiskey.at parliamentary whisky, n.
Mirror of Lit. XV 222/2: What if he occasionally even drove the cold-meat cart* [note]*A hearse.at cold meat cart (n.) under cold meat, n.
Mirror of Lit. XVI 242/1: The ‘darlings’ were now stimulated to a decisive measure, by aiming an Irish apricot at his nodding plume, and shouting out,—‘Devil burn ye, Paddy Barret! will ye lave off speaking to that lady, and listen?’ The potato triumphed.at Irish apricot (n.) under Irish, adj.
Mirror of Lit. 16 July 48/1: What A Shocking bad Hat You’ve Got. This phrase has acquired a popularity far exceeding that of BCY, of dead wall notoriety. It is in every man’s mouth, but in no man’s understanding.at bad hat, n.
Mirror of Lit. XXXI 428: She [...] looked up at me with a cross expression, as if fearful, I think, that some silly ‘Dublin jackeen’ from the fair was mocking her.at jackeen, n.
Mirror of Lit. 7 Sept. 380/2: A blaze of triumph Drury’s bills announce, / [...] / Alluding to the manager’s grand bounce, / That ‘Bunn and Balfe are getting on like blazes’.at bounce, n.1
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