1778 K. O’Hara April-Day Act III: buff.: Not wed her? dav.: No. buff.: Not bed her? dav.: No.at bed, v.
1778 K. O’Hara April-Day Act I: Our don’s a dolt, a vain chick-hearted bully.at chicken-hearted, adj.
1778 K. O’Hara April-Day Act II: Do I not see / That this clod’s pride, fear, and superstition, / All op’rate to our aid?at clod, n.1
1778 K. O’Hara April-Day Act I: So handsome! so young, / And cut such a flash / As he pranc’d it along!at cut a flash (v.) under flash, n.1
1815 Gent.’s Mag. Apr. n.p.: Do you love your glass, every hour brings with it a fresh bumper. There [i.e. the US] you have the gum-tickler, the phlegm- cutter, the gall-breaker, the antifogmatic.at phlegm-cutter, n.