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Proverbs 204: As drunk as a beggar. This Proverb begins now to be disused, and people instead of it are ready to say, As drunk as a Lord.at drunk as (a)..., adj.
Proverbs 204: As drunk as a beggar. This Proverb begins now to be disused, and people instead of it are ready to say, As drunk as a Lord. Proverbs 162: He’s paced like an Alderman.at alderman’s pace (n.) under alderman, n.
Proverbs 183: You ’ld kiss my a--- before my breeches be down.at kiss my arse!, excl.
Proverbs 3: To beg breeches of a bare-ars’t man.at bare-arsed, adj.
Proverbs 237: As mad as the baiting bull of Stamford.at mad as..., adj.
Proverbs 216: Drinking phrases: Lick your dish. Wind up your bottom. Play off your dust. Hold up your dagger hand. To bang the pitcher.at bang a pitcher (v.) under bang, v.1
Proverbs 216: He that hath eaten a Bear-pye, will always smell of the garden.at bear-garden (n.) under bear, n.
Proverbs 164: To bite upon the bridle. That is, to fare hardly, to be cut short, or suffer want.at bite (on) the bridle (v.) under bite, v.
Proverbs 63: He that is a blab, is a scab.at blab, n.
Proverbs 52: Offing comes to boffing. Chesh. Offing, i.e. offering or aiming to do.at boff, v.
Proverbs 251: Bristol milk. That is Sherry-sack.at Bristol milk (n.) under Bristol, n.
Proverbs 245: Gimmingham, Trimmingham, Knapton and Trunch, / North Repps and South Repps are all of a bunch.at bunch, n.1
Proverbs 245: A Yarmouth Capon. That is a red herring.at Yarmouth capon, n.
Proverbs 2: The Ape so long clippeth her young that at last she killeth them.at clip, v.1
Proverbs 75: There is a craft in dawbing.at daub, v.
Proverbs 172: To dine with Duke Humphrey. That is, to fast.at dine with Duke Humphrey (v.) under dine, v.
Proverbs 52: Courting and wooing brings dallying and doing.at doing, n.
Proverbs 227: Hooredome and grace, can never bide in one place.at -dom, sfx
Proverbs 268: Dummie (a dumb man) cannot lie.at dummy, n.1
Proverbs 215: He’s sick of the Lombard feaver: or of the idles.at Lombard fever, n.
Proverbs 178: To grease a fat sow on the A---.at grease a fat sow in the arse (v.) under grease, v.1
Proverbs 200: Not worthy to carry guts after a Bear.at carry guts to a bear (v.) under gut, n.
Proverbs 243: All goeth down Gutter-lane. [...] This proverb is applied to those, who spend all in drunkenness and gluttony, mere belly-gods.at gutter lane (n.) under gutter, n.
Proverbs 242: He is only fit for Ruffians-hall.at Ruffian’s Hall, n.
Proverbs 212: A halter and a rope for him that will be Pope.at halter, n.
Proverbs 244: There is no redemption from Hell.at hell, n.
Proverbs 214: You are a hot shot.at hot-shot, n.
Proverbs 108: Jack would be a gentleman, if he could speak French.at jack, n.1
Proverbs 211: Jack Sprat he loved no fat.at jack sprat, n.1
Proverbs 199: All shall be well, and Jack shall have Jyll.at jill, n.1
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