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[UK] G. Stevens ‘A Fore-Castle Song’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 97: Our Organs are twenty-four pounders [...] And as to our Balls they’re forc’d-meat.
at balls, n.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Sentiment Song’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 126: The Brown Female-Reaper, who dares undertake her? / And the Wife of Will Wattle – The neat Basket-maker.
at basket-maker (n.) under basket, n.1
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Sentiment Song’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 126: The Nick makes the Tail stand, the Farrier’s Wife’s Mark].
at mark of the beast (n.) under beast, n.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘A New Roast Beef’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 115: France sent the Brest Fleet, / We a belly-full gave them without any meat.
at bellyful (n.) under belly, n.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Sentiment Song’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 125: Here’s the Nest in that bush, and the Bird-nesting lover.
at bird’s-nesting, n.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Sentiment Song’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 125: Here’s the Nest in that Bush, and the Bird-nesting Lover; / Here’s Middlesex Bush-fighting, ---rest and recover.
at bird’s nest, n.1
[UK] G. Stevens ‘Mum’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 220: Ye Gossips who blab out the secrets of State.
at blab, v.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘A Pastoral’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 47: In a dust ole I’ll cuddle with thee, / Aye, blast me! though bit by the bugs.
at blast, v.1
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Blood’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 139: Who dare to oppose, / Will be pluck’d by the Nose, / With a – Dam’ne Sir, a’n’t I a Blood?
at blood, n.1
[UK] G. Stevens ‘Picture’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 11: Remember my Bucks, when you’re aiming at Jokes / Be sure make the most of a Jest.
at buck, n.1
[UK] G. Stevens ‘To Drink’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 66: When Prudence declaims how time passes, / Cou’d we tempt Mr. Chronos to stay, / While we’re bump’ring a round of our lasses, / We could wait upon all he could say. [Ibid.] 74: The politic patter, / Which both parties chatter, / From bumpering freely shan’t shake us.
at bumper, n.2
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Sentiment Song’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 125: Here’s the Nest in that Bush, and the Bird-nesting Lover; / Here’s Middlesex Bush-fighting, ---rest and recover.
at bush-fighting (n.) under bush, n.1
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Sentiment Song’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 125: Here’s the Nest in that Bush, and the Bird-nesting Lover; / Here’s Middlesex Bush-fighting, ---rest and recover.
at bush, n.1
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Sentiment Song’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 126: The pleasant plac’d Water-fall ’midst Bushy Park; / The Nick makes the Tail stand, the Farrier’s Wife’s Mark.
at Bushey Park, n.1
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Sentiment Song’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 125: Here’s the Down Bed of Beauty which upraises Man, And beneath the Thatch’d-House the miraculous Can.
at can, n.1
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Masquerade’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 187: A Card flew to Pan, who was skill’d in these matters, / To model some Masks from the Portraits of Satyrs; / Of Proserpine ask’d Merry Andrew’s Shade, / Without a Buffoon there is no Masquerade.
at card, n.2
[UK] G. Stevens ‘A Love Song’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 121: She has Charms upon Charms, such as few people may view.
at charms, n.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Sentiment Song’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 126: [as cit. 1768].
at cock pit (n.) under cock, n.3
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Point’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 227: The Topers with Wine, / The Misers with Coin.
at coin, n.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Sentiment Song’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 124: Ye Fowlers who eager at Partridges aim, / Don’t mark the maim’d Covey, but mind better Game; / ’Tis Beauty’s the Sport to repay Sportsmen’s trouble, / And there may our Pointers stand stiff in the Stubble.
at covey, n.1
[UK] G. Stevens ‘Here Goes’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 83: Some Wives read their mates / Curtain-Lecture debates.
at curtain lecture (n.) under curtain, n.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Sentiment Song’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 126: [as cit. 1768].
at custom house, n.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Damn’d Honest Fellow’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 127: If he won’t do for me when I send in my name, / Why, damme then, I’ll do for him.
at damme!, excl.
[UK] G. Stevens in Songs Comic and Satyrical 102: [song title] ‘The Demirep or, I Know Who’ .
at demi-rep, n.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘Courtship’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 145: Let others sing of Flames and Darts [...] The Deuce a bit will I.
at deuce, the, phr.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘Transit of Venus’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 151: Into Ditch Thales fell, with his Telescope geer.
at ditch, n.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘The Damn’d Honest Fellow’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 127: If he won’t do for me when I send in my name, / Why, damme then, I’ll do for him.
at do for, v.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘A New Roast Beef’ Songs Comic and Satyrical 114: The Spaniards once strove, by the strength of their Guns, / To make us keep Lent, and to turn our Girls Nuns, / But we still roast our Beef, for we basted the Dons.
at don, n.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘Doodle Do’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 136: All the work they make with wooings, / Couplings, changings, cursings, cooings, / Are but doodling doodle doings.
at doodle, adj.
[UK] G. Stevens ‘Love and Wine’s Partnership’ in Songs Comic and Satyrical 144: The Patron of Vines saw ’twou’d go for the Wench, / Unless that a Dust he cou’d kick up.
at kick up (a) dust (v.) under dust, n.
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