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Antiquary I 37: You [...] whirled them to the back of beyont to look at the auld Roman camp.at back of beyond (n.) under back, adv.
Antiquary I 37: You [...] whirled them to the back of beyont to look at the auld Roman camp. Antiquary in Waverley (1855) II 218: Keep him employed, man, for half-an-hour or so – butter him with some warlike terms – praise his dress and address.at butter, v.
Antiquary in Waverley (1855) II 225: Petrie [...] recommends, upon his own experience, as tutor in a family of distinction, this attitude to all led-captains, tutors, dependents and bottle-holders of every description.at led captain, n.
Antiquary in Waverley (1855) II 93: A monument of a knight-templar on each side of a Grecian porch, and a Madonna on the top of it! – O crimini!at criminy!, excl.
Antiquary in Waverley (1855) II 29: I, and a wheen hallenshakers like mysel’.at hallan shaker, n.
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Antiquary (1830) 172: A fool and his money are soon parted, nephew: there is a Joe Miller for your Joe Manton .at Joe Miller, n.
Antiquary in Waverley (1855) II 35: In accomplishing an arrangement between tendencies so opposite, little miffs would occasionally take place.at miff, n.
Antiquary in Waverley (1855) II 87: He has na’ settled his account wi’ my gudeman the deacon for this twalmonth; he’s but slink, I doubt.at slink, n.
Antiquary in Waverley (1855) II 37: Tilley-valley, Mr Lovel [...] a truce with your politeness.at tilly-vally, n.
Antiquary in Waverley (1855) II 67: I will show you his last epistle, and the scroll of my answer – egad, it’s a trimmer!at trimmer, n.1
Antiquary in Waverley (1855) II 13: Yes, you abominable woman... all will see the like of it that have anything to do with your trolloping sex.at trolloping, adj.
Antiquary (1855) II 181: She wallopped away with all the grace of triumph.at wallop, v.
Antiquary 44 101: A Dutch or wet bargain came to mean one cemented by the parties drinking together.at wet bargain (n.) under wet, adj.1
Antiquary 101/1: In a recent novel [...] we read ‘we’ll wet the bargain with a drink to make it hold the tighter.’.at wet the bargain (v.) under wet, v.
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