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(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 219: ‘I’ll bet a rump and dozen,’ said Pleydell, [...] ‘he has got it in his own pocket.’.at rump and a dozen, n.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 219: ‘I’ll bet a rump and dozen,’ said Pleydell, [...] ‘he has got it in his own pocket.’. (con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 16: The Laird, whose humble efforts at jocularity were chiefly confined to what were then called bites and bams, since denominated hoaxes and quizzes.at bam, n.1
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 179: ‘Had he no arms?’ asked the Justice. ‘Ay, ay, they are never without barkers and slashers.’.at barker, n.1
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 188: ‘And now let us talk about our business.’ ‘Your business, if you please [...] mine was done when I got out of the bilboes.’.at bilbo, n.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 149: Bing out and tour ye auld devil, and see that nobody has scented.at bing, v.1
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 149: Here, mother [...] here’s a cup of the right for you, and never mind that bully-huff.at bully huff (n.) under bully, n.1
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 327: I was doomed – still I kept my purpose in the cage and in the stocks.at cage, n.
Guy Mannering Ch. xlv: Our barn-door chuckies at Charlies-hope.at chuckie, n.1
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 179: We clinked the darbies on him, took him as quiet as a lamb.at clink, v.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 148: There was not one, from Johnnie Faa the upright man, of the gang to little Christie that was in the panniers, would cloyed a dud from them.at cloy, v.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 149: She’ll sing out one of these odd-come-shortlies.at odd-come-shortly, n.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 149: Meg’s true-bred [...] but she has some queer ways, and often cuts queer words.at cut queer whids (v.) under cut, v.1
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 148: Men were men then, and fought other in the open field, and there was nae milling in the darkmans.at darkmans, n.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1823) 161: A tall, stout, country-looking man [...] busy discussing huge slices of cold boiled beef.at discuss, v.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 149: I think we should be down upon the fellow, one of these darkmans, and let him get it well.at down (up)on under down, adv.2
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 148: There was not one, from Johnnie Faa the upright man, of the gang to little Christie that was in the panniers, would cloyed a dud from them.at dud, n.1
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 149: If I had not helped you with these very fambles (holding up her hands) Jean Baillie would have frummagem’d you.at famble, n.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 279: Ye black barrow-tram o’ the kirk that ye are – Are ye fow or fasting?at fou, adj.1
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 48: Get out the gallon punch-bowl, and plenty of lemons. I’ll stand for the French article by the time I come back, and well drink the young Laird’s health.at French article (n.) under French, adj.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 149: If I had not helped you with these very fambles (holding up her hands) Jean Baillie would have frummagem’d you.at frummagem, v.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 181: All the gelt was gone, and the house was shaking, and I thought the job was clayed over and forgotten.at gelt, n.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 149: I think we should be down upon the fellow, one of these darkmans, and let him get it well.at get it, v.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 18: On the light [...] being observed, a halloo from the vessel, of ‘Ware hawk! Douse the glim!’.at douse the glim (v.) under glim, n.
Guy Mannering Ch. xliv: Why, wha but a crack-brained greenhorn wad hae let them keep up the siller that ye left at the Gordon-Arms?at greenhorn, n.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 149: They expressed great indignation against some individual. ‘He shall have his gruel,’ – said one, and then whispered something very low.at get one’s gruel (v.) under gruel, n.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 18: On the light [...] being observed, a halloo from the vessel, of ‘Ware hawk! Douse the glim!’.at ware (the) hawk!, excl.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 345: The young man is the natural son of the late Ellangowan, by a girl called Janet Lightoheel.at light heels, n.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 189: [of the North Sea] ‘He’ll plague you, now he’s come over the herring-pond!’.at herring pond (n.) under herring, n.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 190: Gott! the country was too hot for the trade already with that d—d frolic of Brown’s.at hot, adj.
(con. 18C) Guy Mannering (1999) 191: The devil can scarce save Dirk Hatteraick from being hanged for a murderer and kidnapper.at kidnapper, n.
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