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[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott Guy Mannering (1999) 179: ‘Had he no arms?’ asked the Justice. ‘Ay, ay, they are never without barkers and slashers.’.
at barker, n.1
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott Guy Mannering (1999) 149: Bing out and tour ye auld devil, and see that nobody has scented.
at bing, v.1
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott Guy Mannering (1999) 327: I was doomed – still I kept my purpose in the cage and in the stocks.
at cage, n.
[Scot] W. Scott Guy Mannering Ch. xlv: Our barn-door chuckies at Charlies-hope.
at chuckie, n.1
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott Guy Mannering (1999) 179: We clinked the darbies on him, took him as quiet as a lamb.
at clink, v.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott Guy Mannering (1999) 149: She’ll sing out one of these odd-come-shortlies.
at odd-come-shortly, n.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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
[Scot] (con. 18C) Sir W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott Guy Mannering (1823) 161: A tall, stout, country-looking man [...] busy discussing huge slices of cold boiled beef.
at discuss, v.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott Guy Mannering (1999) 279: Ye black barrow-tram o’ the kirk that ye are – Are ye fow or fasting?
at fou, adj.1
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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.
[Scot] (con. 18C) W. Scott 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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