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[US] W. Kemp Nine Days’ Wonder in Arber Eng. Garner VII (1883) 37: It did him good to have ill words of a hoddy doddy! a hebber de hoy!, a chicken! a squib!
at chicken, n.
[US] W. Kemp Nine Days’ Wonder in Arber English Garner VII (1883) 37: It did him good to have ill words of a hoddy doddy! a hebber de hoy!, a chicken! a squib!
at hoddy-doddy, n.
[US] W. Kemp Nine Days’ Wonder in Arber Eng. Garner VII (1883) 37: One that hath not wit enough to make a ballet [...] would Pol his father, Derick his dad!
at poll, v.
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