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The Jealous Lovers choose

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[UK] T. Randolph Jealous Lovers II vii: Come, blush not bashfull bellipiece – I will meet thee.
at belly-piece (n.) under belly, n.
[UK] T. Randolph Jealous Lovers I iii: Take Evadne / Your pretty-precious-by-blow-fair Evadne.
at by-blow, n.
[UK] T. Randolph Jealous Lovers IV ii: Deare chicken, / You shall not be so sad [...] by this kisse I’le make you merry.
at chicken, n.
[UK] T. Randolph Jealous Lovers III xiv: Shall we not be suspected for the murder, / And choke with a hempen squincy?
at hempen cravat (n.) under hempen, adj.
[UK] T. Randolph Jealous Lovers I ii: Away mechanick trash: I’le kick thee sonne of earth [...] For torturing my poore father.
at mechanic, adj.
[UK] T. Randolph Jealous Lovers I iii: Shall I nurse / And play mother to anothers brat? / And she to nose my daughter? [...] My daughter nos’d by a slut?
at nose, v.
[UK] M. West The Lovers 25: I must say you scrub up well, Cavanagh. I’m impressed.
at scrub up well (v.) under scrub, v.
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