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[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: From Priggs that snaffle the Prancers strong, / To you of the Peter Lay, / I pray now listen a while to my song, / How my Boman he [k?]ick’d away.
at boman, n.
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 23: A Famble, a Tattle, and two Popps, / Had my Boman when he was ta’en; / But had he not Bowz’d in the Diddle Shops, / He’d still been in Drury-Lane.
at bouse, v.
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: I Frisky Moll, with my rum coll, / Wou’d Grub in a bowzing ken; / But ere for the scran he had tipt the cole, / The Harman he came in.
at bowsing-ken, n.
[UK] J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 18: What a Pother has here been, with Wood and his Brass, / Who wou’d modestly make a few Halfpennies pass?
at brass, n.1
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: He broke thro’ all Rubbs in the Whitt, / And chiv’d his Darbies in twain.
at chiv, v.
[UK] J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 16: Ye Fellows of Newgate whose Fingers are nice, / In diving in Pockets, or cogging of Dice.
at cog, v.
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: I Frisky Moll, with my rum coll, / Wou’d Grub in a bowzing ken; / But ere for the scran he had tipt the cole, / The Harman he came in.
at tip (up) the cole (v.) under cole, n.
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: He broke thro’ all Rubbs in the Whitt, / And chiv’d his Darbies in twain.
at darby, n.2
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 23: A Famble, a Tattle, and two Popps, / Had my Boman when he was ta’en; / But had he not Bowz’d in the Diddle Shops, / He’d still been in Drury-Lane.
at diddle-shop (n.) under diddle, n.1
[UK] J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 16: Ye Fellows of Newgate whose Fingers are nice, / In diving in Pockets, or cogging of Dice.
at dive, v.
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: He broke thro’ all Rubbs in the Whitt, / And chiv’d his Darbies in twain / But fileing of a Rumbo Ken, / My Boman is snabbled again.
at file, v.1
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: I Frisky Moll, with my rum coll, / Wou’d Grub in a bowzing ken; / But ere for the scran he had tipt the cole, / The Harman he came in.
at grub, v.1
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: I Frisky Moll, with my rum coll, / Wou’d Grub in a bowzing ken; / But ere for the scran he had tipt the cole, / The Harman he came in.
at harman, n.
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: He broke thro’ all Rubbs in the Whitt, / And chiv’d his Darbies in twain / But fileing of a Rumbo Ken, / My Boman is snabbled again.
at rumbo-ken, n.
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: From Priggs that snaffle the Prancers strong, / To you of the Peter Lay, / I pray now listen a while to my song, / How my Boman he h[k?]ick’d away.
at kick away the prop (v.) under kick, v.1
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: From Priggs that snaffle the Prancers strong, / To you of the Peter Lay, / I pray now listen a while to my song, / How my Boman he hick’d [sic; ? kick’d] away.
at peter lay (n.) under peter, n.3
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 23: A Famble, a Tattle, and two Popps, / Had my Boman when he was ta’en.
at pop, n.1
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: From Priggs that snaffle the Prancers strong, / To you of the Peter Lay, / I pray now listen a while to my song.
at prancer, n.
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: From Priggs that snaffle the Prancers strong, / To you of the Peter Lay, / I pray now listen a while to my song, / How my Boman he [k?]ick’d away.
at prig, n.1
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: I Frisky Moll, with my rum coll, / Wou’d Grub in a bowzing ken; / But ere for the scran he had tipt the cole, / The Harman he came in.
at scran, n.
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: He broke thro’ all Rubbs in the Whitt, / And chiv’d his Darbies in twain / But fileing of a Rumbo Ken, / My Boman is snabbled again.
at snabble, v.
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 22: From Priggs that snaffle the Prancers strong, / To you of the Peter Lay, / I pray now listen a while to my song, / How my Boman he kick’d away.
at snaffle, v.
[UK] ‘Frisky Moll’s Song’ in J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 23: A Famble, a Tattle, and two Popps, / Had my Boman when he was ta’en.
at tatler, n.
[UK] J. Thurmond Harlequin Sheppard 9: He became so harden’d at last, that he wou’d walk about Drury-Lane [...] and discourse openly of his Tricks, as he call’d ’em.
at trick, n.2
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