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[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 8: The Roaring-boy and his Punke: Punke I lacke money, how hast thriu’d to day?
at roaring boy, n.
[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 3: Let’s break in heere [...] Break out the iron bars For too long lingering all our business marrs.
at business, n.
[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 4: A base rude Rascall of the Roguish crew, For misdeamenours that by him there grew, [...] Made himself merry with his Knauish part.
at crew, n.
[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 11: You kisse the Counter sirra that is flat, Ile teach you know my place deserues a hat.
at kiss the Clink (v.) under kiss, v.
[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 13: I haue married late, a lumpe of sin which is his sister.
at piece of sin (n.) under piece, n.
[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 32: She layd my Fan where rats and mice did pisse.
at piss, v.
[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 9: My choller tells thee, th’art a botching slaue, Thy Iourny-man, a very pricklowse knaue.
at prick-(the-)louse (n.) under prick, v.2
[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 23: An ill Liver is my discontent, But none can help it better than my wife If she would seeke to mend her queenish life.
at queanish (adj.) under quean, n.
[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 29: Tom take thou a cudgel, and rib roast him.
at rib roast, v.
[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 4: A base rude Rascall of the Roguish crew, For misdeamenours that by him there grew, [...] Made himself merry with his Knauish part.
at rogue, n.
[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 14: A drunkard [...] Came very late reeling through the watch, who cald him [...] who goes there? But he, in staggers would not seem to heare.
at staggers, n.
[UK] Rowlands Night Raven 1: Whores and Whore-mongers trading for the Pox.
at trade, v.
[UK] Raven VI 18/2: That charwoman we brought over from Dago-town last night reminded me of her.
at dago town (n.) under dago, adj.1
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