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[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers B: These Batfowlers or Conicatchers hauing lost a collop of their liuing [...] inuented a new tricke to fetch in the pence.
at bat-fowler, n.
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers 16: His cloyer or follower forthwith boyles him, that is, bewrayes him.
at boil, v.
[UK] Rowlands Greenes Ghost Haunting Conicatchers C6: So crazed with the Italian bone-ache, that they are afraid to be crusht in pieces, if they sould earne their liuing in a crowde.
at bone-ache (n.) under bone, n.1
[UK] Rowlands Greenes Ghost Haunting Conicatchers B4: These haue their cloyers and fillowers, which are verie troublesome to them, for thye can no sooner draw a bung but these come in for their tenths, which are generally tearm snapping, or snappage.
at cloyer, n.
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers D1: A whore that crosbit a Gentleman of the Innes of Court.
at crossbite, v.
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers F: Monsieur Libid. beat of lust [...] feeling his pocket [...] finds nothing but a Tester, or at least so little, that it was not sufficient to please dame Pleasure for her hire.
at dame, n.
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers 39: Such iollie shauers, that are deepe slashers of others [...] sit vp all night, some at cardes and Dice, some quaffing and swilling at the Tauerne.
at deep, adj.
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers E4: Such iollie shauers, that are deepe slashers of others mens hides, haue I knowne (more is the pitie) to sit vp all night, some at Cardes and Dice, some quaffing and swilling at the Tauerne, and others among their trulles.
at hide, n.
[UK] Rowlands Greenes Ghost Haunting Conicatchers D2: His face, his necke and apparell were all besmeared with the soft Sir-reuerence, so that I warrant you hee stunke worse than a Jakes-farmer.
at jakes-farmer (n.) under jakes, n.1
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers dedic. A4: Yet there be more notorious strumpets and their mates about the Citie and the suburbs, than euer were before the Marshall was appointed: idle mates I meane.
at mate, n.1
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers F: There was one Monsieur Libidinoso dwelling at the signe of Incontinencie, hauing cast vp his accounts for the weeke past (for it was Saturday night) [...] Monsieur Libid. beat of lust [...] feeling his pocket [...] finds nothing but a Tester, or at least so little, that it was not sufficient to please dame Pleasure for her hire.
at Mr, n.
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers C3: A necessarie caveate for victuallers and nick-pots, how to beware of such insinuating companions.
at nick-pot (n.) under nick, n.2
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers D1: A Certaine queane belonging to a close Nunnerie about Clarkenwell.
at nunnery, n.
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers F2: The Notable [...] and deceitfull pranks of Doctor Pinchbacke.
at pinch-back (n.) under pinch, v.
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers E4: Such iollie shauers, that are deepe slashers of others mens hides, haue I knowne (more is the pitie) to sit vp all night, some at Cardes and Dice, some quaffing and swilling at the Tauerne, and others among their trulles.
at shaver, n.1
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers E4: Such iollie shauers, that are deepe slashers of others mens hides, haue I knowne (more is the pitie) to sit vp all night, some at Cardes and Dice, some quaffing and swilling at the Tauerne, and others among their trulles.
at slasher, n.1
[UK] Rowlands Greenes Ghost Haunting Conicatchers B4: These haue their cloyers and followers, which are verie troublesome to them, for they can no sooner draw a bung but these come in for their tenths, which are generally tearm snapping, or snappage.
at snappage (n.) under snap, n.1
[UK] Rowlands Greene’s Ghost Haunting Coniecatchers E3: Another fraternity, viz. Water-rats .
at water rat (n.) under water, n.1
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