1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry II iii: Yes, ’tis all my eye and Betty Martin, indeed.at all my eye and Betty Martin, phr.
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry II i: Not a dry eye to be seen! – all the bigwigs dissolved in tears!at bigwig, n.
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry II ii: I was mistaken in my bird, I see – a shy cock, right dunghill, shows a white feather.at bird, n.1
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I ii: Eat raw beefsteaks, drink a glass of blue ruin and bitters before dinner.at blue ruin (n.) under blue, adj.1
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I i: Landlord! Waiter! Boots! oddsfish / You Job himself would vex.at boots, n.2
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry II ii: All up with me here – cut – down – jockied – must brush. – Yes, I’ll leave this cursed Coventry.at brush, v.1
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I ii: Yes, Sir, I’ve doctored some of the learned – drawn claret from Sam [...] closed the peepers of Ikey Pig.at claret, n.
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I ii: Yes, he’s coming the captain Queerman over me! and I must give him a smeller.at come over, v.2
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All At Coventry I i: ram.: Timothy! Why what brought you to Coventry? tim.: A damn’d slow diligence – a Yorkshire waggon, half the way, and my legs [...] the other.at damned, adv.
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I ii: In short, madam, I’m the dandy, the thing, the knowing one, the fancy.at dandy, n.2
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I i: Oh, the luxury of scribbling twelve hours a day in the infernal den he called his office!at den, n.
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry II ii: Do you mean to insinuate then, Sir, that I’m no gentleman! Zounds, don’t I [...] drive my own dicky?at dicky, n.3
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry II ii: I was mistaken in my bird, I see, – a shy cock, right dunghill.at dunghill, n.1
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I i: No old maid’s footman was ever more nagged and fagged.at fag, v.2
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I ii: Should certainly have made play to fan Sam; only recollected he had fanned the Chicken.at fan, v.1
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I ii: Pedestrianism is all the go now.at all the go (adj.) under go, n.1
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry II ii: A foul blow that – no go – all up with me here.at no go, phr.
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I ii: Hang love! Give me some very grave, serious, moral, edifying book.at hang, v.1
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I ii: Yes, Sir, I’ve doctored some of the learned – drawn claret from Sam [...] closed the peepers of Ikey Pig.at ikey, n.
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I i: Don’t you recollect my success in Old Joskin’s barn, when I played the part of the gallant Lothario with such fire that I melted even the very candles!at joskin, n.
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I ii: So so! This fine striking science turns out to be fighting after all. No occasion to larn Tommy that; he knows how to lather well enough.at lather, v.
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry II ii: Duelling’s not the go now, pops have given place to maulers.at mauler, n.
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I i: Haven’t I had you larnt Latin by Doctor Bushwig? – laid out a mint of money upon you!at mint, n.1
1816 W.T. Moncrieff All at Coventry I i: They’ve charged for two as I used to do for a double tooth on Mutton Hill; but mum for that though.at mum, n.1