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[Ire] J. O’Keeffe World in a Village (1794) 27: serv.: He desires you’ll send him in a dozen of your best old port. grig.: Ha! – what, my black strap?
at black strap (n.) under black, adj.
[Ire] J. O’Keeffe World in a Village (1794) 10: I want my chay; so put that hamper of wine, and the medecince in the little cart.
at chay, n.
[Ire] J. O’Keeffe World in a Village (1794) 39: I’ll see if I can’t dust his jacket.
at dust someone’s jacket (v.) under dust, v.1
[Ire] J. O’Keeffe World in a Village (1794) 33: What a sap I was to come this way, just under Mr. Allbut’s nose.
at sap, n.2
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