1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess v: Ye snarlin’ Critics, spare your bang, / It’s nae for you I write my Sang, / Sae steek your gab, for ye’ll be wrang, / To think to tease me; / Ere I reply, ye’se a ga’e hang.at bang, n.1
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess I i: How was the billy pleas’d; / Nae well, I wad, to be so snelly us’d.at billy, n.1
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess I ii: I meant to spend my clink, On something ither than a drap o’ drink.at clink, n.1
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess III i: Ned is the man I doubt, / Wha lang has wanted to ding Geordy out.at ding, v.1
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess v: Ye snarlin’ Critics, spare your bang, / It’s nae for you I write my Sang, / Sae steek your gab, for ye’ll be wrang, / To think to tease me; / Ere I reply, ye’se a ga’e hang.at gab, n.2
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess v: Ye snarlin’ Critics, spare your bang, / It’s nae for you I write my Sang, / Sae steek your gab, for ye’ll be wrang, / To think to tease me; / Ere I reply, ye’se a ga’e hang.at go hang...! (excl.) under hang, v.1
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess II i: Gin Geordy be the rattle-scull I’m taul, I may expect to find him stiff and baul. [Ibid.] V i: Keep ye your clack, ye rattle-headed ass.at rattle-head, n.
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess vi: Tho’ ye fud deave me wi’ your clatter, / Thinking to keep me in het water.at hot water, n.
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess II i: I’ll find him out, altho’ ye dinna tell, / If I should summons up auld Nick himsell.at Old Nick, n.
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess II i: Gae from my sight, ye worthless piece of wark!at piece of work (n.) under piece, n.
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess II i: Gin ye’re wise ye will keep clear o’ Bess, / She is a sly and cunning quean.at quean, n.
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess III i: Whene’er I chance to come in sight, / He scours awa, as he had ta’en a fright.at scour, v.2
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess IV ii: Gae wi’ your stuff, I think your head’s turn’d light.at stuff, n.
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie and Bess I ii: I ken my Simon has o’er mickle sense, When he is sober, e’er to gi’e offence [...] But, then, anither tout may change his mind.at toot, n.1