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[UK] Distilled Liquors the Bane of the Nation in Papers of Francis Place (1825) vii: When a justice of the peace sets about a reformation of the unlicensed houses, he finds himself surrounded with numbers of perrtyfogging attorneys.
at house, n.1
[UK] song in Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: He took her to his fathers Barn then he pulled out his long consarn [?] / And it was as long – as this my arm. / And he called it little Davy.
at as long as one’s arm (adj.) under arm, n.
[UK] ‘The Frolicsome Spark’ No. 31 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: You gallows old greasy arse’d mule.
at -arsed, sfx
[UK] Song No. 19 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: He [...] goes with the Gardens lads to every night a bawdy ken.
at bawdy-ken (n.) under bawdy, adj.
[UK] ‘Brick Dust Nan’ Papers of Francis Place (1819) No.27: The wind blew her tatters abroad, and her arse and brown beauties revealed.
at beauty, n.1
[UK] ‘Tom the Drover’ No. 30 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: With a blue birds eye round his Squeeze, and his garters below his knees.
at bird’s eye, n.
[UK] ‘Sandman Joe’ No. 23 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: Why, blast you, Sall, I loves you!
at blast, v.1
[UK] ‘Tom the Drover’ No. 30 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: A bottle at his head she did fling / Crying blast your eyes you bugger.
at blast someone’s eyes! (excl.) under blast, v.1
[UK] Song No. 19 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: The Blowens all adozine [?] him and say he is the Pippin O.
at blowen, n.
[UK] ‘Tom the Drover’ No. 30 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: Her Cull being leery he bon’d her before she got out of the room.
at bone, v.1
[UK] ‘Tom the Drover’ No. 30 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: At the broads I can palm with the queerest.
at broads, n.
[UK] Song No. 25 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: I pray you now send me some bub.
at bub, n.1
[UK] Song No. 21 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: He held the buffer in one hand.
at bufe, n.
[UK] ‘The Jolly Butcher’ No. 26 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: She was rugged and tough / And lov’d huckle-my-muff / And would drink from night till morning.
at huckle-my-buff, n.
[UK] Song No. 10 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: With my popps in my pocket and a cutlass in my hand / So I rode up to the Diligence and bid the Bug---s stand.
at bugger, n.1
[UK] Song No. 25 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: To the buttocks that pad it all night.
at buttock, n.
[UK] ‘Tom the Drover’ No. 30 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: She pads the hoof up and down, and with a beaver castor she goes, / With an India man about her squeeze.
at castor, n.
[UK] ‘Tom the Drover’ No. 30 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: I’m a lad that can Fib with the queerest, pick a cross with a pal for a mouse.
at cross, n.1
[UK] ‘Song No. 3’ Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: Come Blowen its past four o Clock [...] And if with a cull you chance to meet / Maul him down to Catherine Street.
at cull, n.1
[UK] ‘Song No. 13’ Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: Near to Temple bar, liv’d two trading women.
at trading dame, n.
[UK] ‘Tom the Drover’ No. 30 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: At the broads I can palm with the queerest, slip [...] a duce or a tray.
at deuce, n.1
[UK] ‘Song No. 25’ Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: Moll Spriggins came here t’other night, / She tipp’d us a jorum of diddle.
at diddle, n.1
[UK] ‘Teddy Blink and Bandy Jack’ No. 26 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: He dings it to his nearest pal.
at ding, v.1
[UK] ‘Song No. 25’ Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: Her fortune at diving, did fail.
at dive, v.
[UK] ‘Tom the Drover’ No. 30 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: His togs were tight and clever, his dog was staunch and free.
at dog, n.2
[UK] ‘Brick Dust Nan’ No. 27 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: All night in the latter they dossed, and got up in the morning to louse.
at doss, v.
[UK] ‘Drunk in the Night’ No. 26 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: So without further trouble I tip’d them the double, left the whore and the scouts all the reckning to pay.
at tip the double (v.) under double, n.1
[UK] ‘Song No. 12’ Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: The Doxy gone and left me naked.
at doxy, n.
[UK] ‘Gee Ho Dobbin’ No. 33 Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: Down in the waggon this damsel I laid / But still I kept driving for driving’s my trade / As her bubbies went up her plump buttocks went down.
at drive, v.1
[UK] ‘Song No. 25’ Papers of Francis Place (1819) n.p.: My duds are grown wondrous seedy.
at duds, n.1
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