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The Two Misers choose

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[Ire] K. O’Hara Two Misers I i: Why, Squander, the young merchant, fallen in at hazard yonder with some knowing ones, is fleeced, done up to the last shilling.
at done up, adj.1
[Ire] K. O’Hara Two Misers I i: No child’s play to get make a breach here; must get help, i’fecks!
at i’fecks!, excl.
[Ire] K. O’Hara Two Misers I i: Why, Squander, the young merchant, fallen in at hazard yonder with some knowing ones, is fleeced, done up to the last shilling.
at knowing, adj.
[Ire] K. OHara Two Misers I i: Infernal muck-worms!
at muck-worm, n.
[Ire] K. O’Hara Two Misers I i: I’m fetching him a supply: two hundred pieces.
at piece, n.
[Ire] K. O’Hara Two Misers I i: So! here comes t’other skinflint, Gripe himself.
at skinflint, n.
[Ire] K. O’Hara Two Misers I i: He’ll be for going snacks.
at go snack(s) (v.) under snack, n.1
[Ire] K. O’Hara Two Misers I i: Bled so freely! but, no tick; no, no, the rooks would not tick.
at tick, v.1
[Ire] K. O’Hara Two Misers I i: Bled so freely! but, no tick; no, no, the rooks would not tick.
at tick, n.3
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