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A Crew of kind Gossips choose

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[UK] Rowlands Crew of Kind Gossips 18: Taffity Queanes, and fine light silken Whores, That haue the gift of pox in their owne pores, and can teach French in halfe a day.
at French, n.
[UK] Rowlands Crew of Kind Gossips 18: Taffity Queanes, and fine light silken Whores [...] That daily goe like Ladies in attire, And live by hackning out themselves to hire.
at hackney, n.
[UK] Rowlands Crew of Kind Gossips 19: He hath the Pinnace rig’d with silken saile.
at pinnace, n.
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