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‘Great Eater of Kent’ in Hindley Works (1872) 7: He is Popular, a well timbered piece, or a store-house for belly timber.at belly timber (n.) under belly, n.
‘Great Eater of Kent’ in Hindley Works (1872) 7: He is Popular, a well timbered piece, or a store-house for belly timber. ‘Great Eater of Kent’ in Hindley Works (1872) 8: Many like moles lives by the Earth, as griping Userers, racking Landlords.at gripe-fist (n.) under gripe, n.1
‘Great Eater of Kent’ in Hindley Works (1872) 8: Tobacconists, Knights of the Vapour, Gentlemen of the Whiff, Esquires of the Pipe.at ...the vapour under knight of the..., n.
‘Great Eater of Kent’ in Hindley Works (1872) 8: Lackeys, Footmen, and Weavers, and Knights of the public or common order of the fork.at ...the forked order under knight of the..., n.
‘Great Eater of Kent’ in Hindley Works (1872) 8: Some get their living by their tounges [...] some by tails, as Maquerellaes, Concubines, Curtezans, or in plaine English, Whores.at mackerel, n.
‘Great Eater of Kent’ in Hindley Works (1872) 8: Tapsters cannot nick this Nick with froth, curtal cans [...] and double-dealing bumbasted jugs.at nick, v.1
‘Great Eater of Kent’ in Hindley Works (1872) 5: For though he be chaste of his body, yet his mind is only upon flesh, he is the only Tugmutton, or Muttonmonger, between Dover and Dunbar.at tug-mutton (n.) under tug, v.
‘This Summers Travels’ in Hindley Works (1872) 1: A cockney boasting bragger in mirth did ask the women for Belswagger.at bellswagger, n.
‘This Summers Travels’ in Hindley Works (1872) 8: The power of it [i.e. ale] being of such potentie, that it would fox a dry traveller, before he had half quencht his thirst.at fox, v.1
‘This Summers Travels’ in Hindley Works (1872) 18: I will give my mare but a peck of malt, and she shall piss better drink that this.at piss, v.
Wanderings to see Wonders of West 16: The crack rope soldiers have broken all the bell-ropes.at crack-rope (n.) under crack, v.2
Wanderings to see Wonders of West 21: The hostess being very willing to give the courteous entertainement of Jack Drum, commanded me very kindely to get me out of doores.at Jack Drum’s entertainment, n.
Wanderings to see Wonders of West 13: Mr. John Downs [...] gave me fiddlers fare, meat drink and money, for which I heartily thanked him.at fiddler’s fare (n.) under fiddler, n.3
Wanderings to see Wonders of West 5: The thing I was mounted on was neither horse, mare, or gelding, it was all spirit [...] It was none of your pursy foggy jades.at foggy, adj.
Wanderings to see Wonders of West 25: I was on footback from Exeter to Honiton.at footback, n.
Wanderings to see Wonders of West 7: Mine Host swing’d off halfe a pot to me.at swinge off (v.) under swinge, v.
‘Cert. Trav. of Uncert. Journ.’ in Hindley Works (1872) 11: There was a high and mighty drink call’d Rug [...] Hogen Mogen Rugs, great influences To provoke sleep.at hogan-mogan rug (n.) under hogan-mogan, adj.
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