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The Brave Irishman choose

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[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: Do you mean to front me, you French boogre? – Eh.
at bugger, n.1
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: Pugh, you great oaf, says I.
at faugh!, excl.
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: Do you mean to front me, you French boogre? – Eh.
at front, v.1
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I iii: dr. clyst: What does he mean? dr. gally: What should a mad man mean? He’s very far gone.
at gone, adj.1
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: Get you gone, Sir – go about your business – go to your own hottentot country.
at Hottentot, n.
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: He’s sometimes pretty smart upon me with his humbugs.
at humbug, n.
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: Arra, my jewel, I’ll tell you the whole story.
at jewel, n.
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I iv: I left him last with Mr Cheatwell.
at Mr, n.
[UK] T. Sheridan in Brave Irishman in Coll. Most Esteemed Farces (1792) 202: Fait, my jewel, I don’t know a more peaceable companion than sweetlips here (putting his hand to his sword); but if he’s provoked he’s no slouch at it.
at no slouch, n.
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I i: Add to this [...] a Cumberland pinch to his hat, an old red coat, and a damn’d potatoe-face.
at potato-face (n.) under potato, n.
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: Who smells of praties now, you refugee son of a whore.
at pratie, n.
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: Smoke his sword.
at smoke, v.1
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: He took no more notice of me than if I was one of the spalpeens below.
at spalpeen, n.
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: If I catches any of these spalpeen brats keeping a goon [...] I’ll have ’em shot.
at spalpeen, n.
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: You be de Teague – de vile Irishman – de potato-face.
at Taig, n.
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I vii: Here’s Betty, a tight little girl.
at tight, adj.
[UK] T. Sheridan Brave Irishman I ii: Twig his boots.
at twig, v.2
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