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[UK] J. Taylor ‘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.
[UK] J. Taylor ‘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
[UK] J. Taylor ‘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.
[UK] J. Taylor ‘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.
[UK] J. Taylor ‘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.
[UK] J. Taylor ‘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
[UK] J. Taylor ‘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.
[UK] J. Taylor ‘This Summers Travels’ in Hindley Works (1872) 1: A cockney boasting bragger in mirth did ask the women for Belswagger.
at bellswagger, n.
[UK] J. Taylor ‘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
[UK] J. Taylor ‘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.
[UK] J. Taylor 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
[UK] J. Taylor 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.
[UK] J. Taylor 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
[UK] J. Taylor 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.
[UK] J. Taylor Wanderings to see Wonders of West 25: I was on footback from Exeter to Honiton.
at footback, n.
[UK] J. Taylor Wanderings to see Wonders of West 7: Mine Host swing’d off halfe a pot to me.
at swinge off (v.) under swinge, v.
[UK] J. Taylor ‘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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