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The Poems of William Dunbar choose

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[Scot] Dunbar ‘Complaint to the King’ in Laing Poems (1834) I 144: With hopper hippis, and henches narrow, and bausy handis to beir ane barrow.
at hopper arse, n.
[Scot] Dunbar ‘Flyting of Dunbar & Kennedy’ in Laing Poems (1834) II 70: Thy Commissar Quintyne biddis thee cum kiss his erse.
at kiss my arse!, excl.
[Scot] Dunbar ‘Flyting of Dunbar & Kennedy’ in Laing Poems (1834) II 69: Haill, forever senyeour! thy bawis hingis throw thy breik.
at balls, n.
[Scot] Dunbar ‘Flyting of Dunbar & Kennedy’ in Laing Poems (1834) II 76: That Adame eit, quhen he tynt Paradyce, Scho eit invennomit lyk a cokkatryce.
at cockatrice, n.
[Scot] Dunbar ‘A General Satyre’ in Laing Poems (1834) II 26: Sic knavis and crakkaris, to play at cartis and dyce, Sic halland-schekkaris quhilk at Cokkilbeis gryce, Ar haldin of pryce.
at hallan shaker, n.
[Scot] Dunbar ‘A General Satyre’ in Laing Poems (1834) II 27: Sa mony ane Kittie drest up with goldin chenye.
at kittie, n.
[Scot] Dunbar ‘The Golden Targe’ in Laing Poems (1834) I 13: Ane hundreth ladyes [...] With pappis quhite, and mydlis small as wandis.
at paps, n.1
[Scot] Dunbar ‘To the King’ in Laing Poems (1834) I 159: Bot, Lord! how petewouslie I luike, Quhen all the pelf thay pairt amange thame.
at pelf, n.
[Scot] Dunbar ‘Justis Betuix the Tailyeour & Sowtar’ in Laing Poems (1834) I 54: Betuix a Tailyelour and a Sowtar, A pricklous and ane hobbill clowtar.
at prick-(the-)louse (n.) under prick, v.2
[Scot] Dunbar ‘Flyting of Dunbar & Kennedy’ in Laing Poems (1834) II 71: Ersch Katharine, with thy polk breik, and rilling, Thow and thy Quene, as gredy gleddis, ye gang With polkis to mylne, and beggis baith meill and schilling.
at quean, n.
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