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Wit and Mirth, or, Pills to Purge Melancholy choose

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[UK] Rochester (attrib.) ‘To Chuse a Friend but Never Marry’ in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy (1719) III 342: But if you get too near their Lap, / You’re sure to meet with the Mishap, / Call’d a Clap.
at lap, n.1
[UK] ‘The Country-Man’s Ramble through Bartholomew Fair’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 56: Adswounds, Ralph, did ever see zuch Rogues & Whores.
at ad’s (heart’s) wounds! (excl.) under ads, n.
[UK] ‘The Power of Women’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 42: From whence do you think he derived his Study [...] Twas playing with her – at Cuddle my Cuddy.
at play (at) cuddle my cuddie (v.) under play (at)..., v.
[UK] ‘The Brewer’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 34: But now he is hurried away with a hag, / He brews in a bottle and bakes in a bag.
at bag, n.1
[UK] ‘The Winchester Wedding’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 23: But Jenkin was reckon’d for drinking, / The best in Christendom.
at best in Christendom, n.
[UK] ‘The Old Womans Wish’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 19: Let me have a warm Bit, with two more in store, / And a lusty young Fellow to rub me before.
at warm bit (n.) under bit, n.1
[UK] ‘The Black Jack’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 268: But if the black jack a Man often toss over, / ’Twill make him as drunk as any Philosopher.
at black jack, n.1
[UK] ‘Old England turn’d New’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 140: New fashion’d Hats, for your new pated Blocks.
at block, n.1
[UK] ‘Old England turn’d New’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 139: Where are your Old Courtiers that used to Ride, / With forty Blue-coats and Foot-men beside?
at bluecoat, n.
[UK] ‘A Song on Bartholomew Fair’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 255: Come sit down then brisk Lads all, / A Bumper to the King.
at bumper, n.2
[UK] ‘The Praise of the Dairy-Maid’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 14: The charming delights of Cheese Cakes and Custard; / For at Tottenham Court / You can have no Sport, / Unless you give Custards and Cheese cakes for’t.
at cheesecake, n.
[UK] ‘Combat btwn More of More Hall, and the Dragon of Wantley’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 5: By Cock, quoth he.
at cock, n.1
[UK] ‘Song’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 311: Her was the prettyest Fellow / At Foot-ball, or at Crickett; / At Hunting Chace. or nimble Race, / Cots-plut how her cou’d prick it.
at cotso!, excl.
[UK] ‘A Song on Bartholomew Fair’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 254: Your Damsens an Filberds, / Your welcome here to Crack.
at crack, v.2
[UK] ‘Prodigals Resolution’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 57: I’ll Court my Doxies to the sport / Of o’brave Punchinello.
at doxy, n.
[UK] ‘On a Fart in the Parliament-House’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 346: Quoth Sir Henry Poole ’twas an audacious trick / To Fart in the Face of the Body Politick.
at fart, v.
[UK] ‘The Black-Smith’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 30: [as cit. 1656].
at fetch over the coals (v.) under fetch, v.1
[UK] ‘The Old Mans Wish’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 17: A Fire (which once stirred up with a Prong) / Will keep the Room temperate all the night long.
at fire, n.
[UK] ‘Old England turn’d New’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 140: And new fashion’d Hats, for your new Pated Blocks, / And more New Diseases, besides the French pox.
at French pox (n.) under French, adj.
[UK] ‘The Winchester Wedding’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 24: Cause Arthur had stolen her Garter, / And swore he would tye it himself.
at seek the garter (v.) under garter, n.
[UK] ‘The 2nd Part of St. George for England’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 338: Prick’d but the Wem and out there came Heroick Guts and Garbadge.
at gut, n.
[UK] ‘The Brewer’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 32: The Black-smith cannot be compleat, / Unless the Brewer do give him a heat.
at heat, n.
[UK] ‘Song’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 89: Come Jug, my Honey, let’s to bed, / It is no Sin, since we are wed.
at honey, n.1
[UK] ‘Scotch Song’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 288: Never Woman was to Man so coy; / She’ll not be my Honey for my Love or Money.
at honey, n.1
[UK] ‘Song’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 64: And all the while he sticks it in, / The Stones cry Clack, Clack, Clack.
at stick it into (v.) under stick it, v.
[UK] ‘The Black-Smith’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 31: If any Taylor have the itch.
at itch, n.
[UK] ‘Prodigals Resolution’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 60: In Play-houses I’ll spend my days, / For they’re hung round with Plackets; / Ladies make Room, behold I come, / Have at your Knocking Jackets.
at knocking-jacket (n.) under knocking, n.
[UK] ‘A New Ballad upon a Wedding’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 84: She glides as if there were no ground, / And slily draws her Nets around, / Her Lime-twigs are her Kisses.
at lime-twigs, n.
[UK] ‘Song’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 88: Odszounds, was ever such Fortune?
at od zounds! (excl.) under ods, n.
[UK] ‘The West-Countryman’s Song on a Wedding’ in Playford Pills to Purge Melancholy I 295: Ods hartly wounds, Ize not to plowing, not I, Sir.
at od zounds! (excl.) under ods, n.
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