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The Gentle Shepherd choose

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[Scot] A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd IV i: Gallows-face, gae greet, / And own your Faut to her that ye wad cheat.
at gallows-bird, n.
[Scot] A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd II i: Come sit down, / And gie’s your Cracks – What’s a’ the News in Town?
at crack, n.1
[Scot] A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd I i: I trow, when that she saw, with in a Crack, / She came with a right thieveless Errand back .
at in a crack under crack, n.1
[Scot] A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd I ii: Hey Lass! How can ye loo that Rattle-scul?
at rattle-head, n.
[Scot] A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd II iii: This Fool imagines [...] That I’m a Witch in Compact with Auld Nick.
at Old Nick, n.
[Scot] A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd I ii: Wow Jenny can there greater Pleasure be / Than see sic wee Tots toolying at your Knee.
at tot, n.1
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