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The Upholsterer choose

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[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer I ii: Well, it does not signify Argifying, I wish we were both warm in Bed.
at argufy, v.
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer I i: Stark-staring mad in Love with a Couple of Baggages not worth a Groat.
at baggage, n.
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer I ii: Yes, you carried your Pigs to a fine Market.
at bring one’s hogs to a fair market (v.) under bring, v.
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer I i: I’ll drink your Mistress’s Health in a Bumper.
at bumper, n.2
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer I i: Not much to crack of Mr. Brazen.
at crack, v.1
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer I ii: I grant ye, Ma’am, you have very good pretensions; but then it’s waiting for dead Men’s Shoes.
at wait for dead men’s shoes, v.
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer II iv: Hey! what the duce have we here!
at what the deuce...?, phr.
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer II i: He may go to Jericho for what I cares.
at Jericho, n.
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer II iii: Odsheart Man be of good chear.
at man, n.
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer II i: Go thy Ways for an old Hocuspocus of a News-monger.
at -monger, sfx
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer II iii: Odsheart Man be of good chear.
at ods heart! (excl.) under ods, n.
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer I ii: S’bodikins!
at odsbobs! (excl.) under ods, n.
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer II i: Po, po, not a Jot of that.
at pooh-pooh, phr.
[UK] A. Murphy Upholsterer I i: Why don’t you go to Bed to the Wench at once?
at wench, n.
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