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[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 8: How lookes yonder fellow? what’s the matter with him trow? has a eaten Bul-beefe? there’s a lofty slave indeede, hee’s in the altitudes.
at in one’s altitudes (adj.) under altitudes, n.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 35: Yet we thou seest goe bare-arse all, For each man to deride: I tell thee brother Asse I blush, To see mine owne backe-side.
at bare-arsed, adj.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 35: Yet we thou seest goe bare-arse all, For each man to deride: I tell thee brother Asse I blush, To see mine owne backe-side.
at backside, n.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 8: How lookes yonder fellow? what’s the matter with him trow? has a eaten Bul-beefe? there’s a lofty slave indeede, hee’s in the altitudes.
at bull-beef, n.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 19: Innumerable such I could repeat That use the craft of Coney-catch and cheate.
at cony-catching, n.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 7: He chawes the Cud in contemplation of Bonds and Billes.
at chew the cud, v.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 14: If he be not throughly frenchified, and well peper’d for his venerie, then I will for seauen yeares eate hay with a horse.
at eat one’s hat, v.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 14: Matters marke the end of him that hath beene laide fiue times of the Pox [...] if he be not throughly frenchified, and well peper’d for his venerie, then I will for seauen yeares eate hay with a horse.
at Frenchified, adj.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 7: About a Barrell a day goes downe his gutter.
at gutter-alley (n.) under gutter, n.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 9: If the dogge could speake he would beare witnes against his maister for horne worke that he hath seene wrought by his mystris in her chamber.
at horn work (n.) under horn, n.1
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 12: See how hee laughs to him selfe, at yonder playne gentlewoman in the old fashion, because she ha’s not the trash and trumpery of mistris Loose-legges about her.
at loose-legged (adj.) under loose, adj.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 12: See how hee laughs to him selfe, at yonder playne gentlewoman in the old fashion, because she ha’s not the trash and trumpery of mistris Loose-legges about her.
at Miss, n.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 14: Matters marke the end of him that hath beene laide fiue times of the Pox [...] if he be not throughly frenchified, and well peper’d for his venerie, then I will for seauen yeares eate hay with a horse.
at peppered, adj.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 18: That doe salute them whom they entertaine, With A pox take you till we meete againe.
at pox take —! (excl.) under pox, n.1
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 7: All the gutts in his Pudding-house, rumble and grumble at their slender allowance.
at pudding-house (n.) under pudding, n.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 7: Three or fower olde rusty golde begetting widowes haue crown’d him with their wealthes.
at rusty, adj.1
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 6: They two come leysurely (with the pox) behinde, but all will meete together anone to make worke for the Chirurgion, who will answer their loose bodyes with the squirt.
at squirt, n.
[UK] Rowlands Diogenes Lanthorne 11: My Gowne-brother, he promist me good stuffe truly, a great peny-worth indeed, and verily did gull me.
at stuff, n.
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