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The Bride of Lammermoor choose

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[Scot] Scott Bride of Lammermoor (1844) 132: ‘Capot me if I think that was according to the rules of the game,’ said his confident.
at capot me!, excl.
[Scot] W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor 374: Ashamed of your company? — but no, no! — Gad, he was afraid you would cut in and carry off the girl.
at cut in, v.
[Scot] W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor XII 77: We’ll be screwing up our bit fiddles [...] among a’ the other elbo’-jiggers.
at elbow-jigger (n.) under elbow, n.1
[Scot] W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor 19: ‘Your characters,’ he said, ‘my dear Pattieson, make too much use of the gob box; they patter too much.’.
at gob-box (n.) under gob, n.1
[Scot] W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor 367: Hang long stories, give us your toast, man.
at hang!, excl.
[Scot] W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor 290: I wad wager twa and a plack that hemp plaits his cravat yet.
at hempen cravat (n.) under hempen, adj.
[Scot] W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor 469: As for the pouther, I e’en changed it [...] for gin and brandy and it served the house mony a year—a gude swap too.
at swap, n.
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