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Oxford Jrnl 13 July 2/2: They are as mute as Fishes, or else fob one off with a certain C—rt-Jargon.at fob someone off (v.) under fob, v.
Oxford Jrnl 13 July 2/2: They are as mute as Fishes, or else fob one off with a certain C—rt-Jargon. Oxford Jrnl 9 Feb. 3/2: Odzooks, cries a Wag, Master Haines is not right.at odzooks! (excl.) under ods, n.
Oxford Jrnl 2 Feb. 3/1: On Thursday the 17th the pictorial Representation of a Gentleman formerly eminent for Honesty and Patriotism, was maliciously hung on the Triple Tree near Stephens-Green, Dublin.at triple tree, n.
Oxford Jrnl 12 Apr. 1/3: The Odds [...] were three to one on the Gelding, who was beat Hollow.at beat all (v.) under beat, v.
Oxford Jrnl 27 Sept. 2/2: Old Captain Hackum has been upon half-pay these forty years, with the justest Pretensions ever Man had, is not so half so angry [etc.].at Captain Hackum (n.) under captain, n.
Oxford Jrnl 27 Sept. 2/2: Sir Giles Gripe assures him he is no Miser, though he starves himself and lends Money at Twenty per cent.at gripe, n.1
Oxford Jrnl 15 Apr. 2/1: Simon Jones, the Executioner [...] was robbed [...] of near four Pounds in Money by three fellows [...] The left him asleep at an Alehouse [...] and told the People of the House ‘That they had scamped the Crapping Cull’.at crapping cull (n.) under crapping, n.1
Oxford Jrnl 15 Apr. 2/1: Simon Jones, the Executioner [...] was robbed [...] of near four Pounds in Money by three fellows [...] The left him asleep at an Alehouse [...] and told the People of the House ‘That they had scamped the Crapping Cull’.at scamp, v.
Oxford Jrnl 24 Feb. 1/1: So lost to Sense of Shame and Duty, / Doll came to Town to sell her Beauty. / [...] / The forlorn Wretch would walk the Strand / [...] / A Pot of Beer would buy Doll Common.at doll, n.1
Oxford Jrnl 2 Feb. 1/1: The Administration who took up the Dispute, which ignorant or designing Men call a Quarrel for a few dirty acres of Land.at dirty acres (n.) under dirty, adj.
Oxford Jrnl 5 Sept. 4/1: The night he committed this barbarous Act, it seems he came home roaring drunk.at roaring, adv.
Oxford Jrnl 12 Nov. 1/4: What the Deuce (I hear you cry) can that produce? What does it mean?at deuce, the, phr.
Oxford Jrnl 5 May 1/1: The wanton Wife will let the poor Man wear his Horn on his Head with Peace and Quiet.at wear (the) horns (v.) under horn, n.1
Oxford Jrnl 31 Dec. 4/1: Exploits of the Knight of the Trencher.at ...the trencher under knight of the..., n.
Oxford Jrnl 28 Jan. 1/2: There was a Cherokee chief [...] a Punch [...] a Captain Hackum.at Captain Hackum (n.) under captain, n.
Oxford Jrnl 19 Aug. 3/2: Timothy, the Redresser of Grievances, desires the Public [...] to take Care how to deal with the Noted Land Pirate that has lately incroached into the Barony of Iveragh.at land-pirate (n.) under land, n.3
Oxford Jrnl 19 Dec. 1/1: A Gentleman [...] likened the Secret Committee to a left-handed wife.at left-handed wife (n.) under left-handed, adj.
Oxford Jrnl 7 Sept. 1/2: The above Gang have lately been discharged from that Sink of iniquity the Floating Academy at Woolwich.at floating academy, n.
Oxford Jrnl 4 Mar. 3/2: Tho’ thou hast scapt the chates for this bout, I may see thee a babe in the wood before tis over: and so the ruffin cly thee.at babe in the wood (n.) under babe, n.
Oxford Jrnl 4 Mar. 3/2: Tho’ thou hast scapt the chates for this bout, I may see thee a babe in the wood before tis over: and so the ruffin cly thee.at chats, n.1
Oxford Jrnl 4 Mar. 3/2: We are desired to publish the following intercepted Letter to the Informer of the Robbery at Magdalen College written [...] by one of the Gang, in the Language which they call St Giles’s Greek.at St Giles’s Greek (n.) under St Giles, n.
Oxford Jrnl 4 Mar. 3/2: Thou has the luck to squeak now and so thy friends must go to quod and scour the cramp rings, whilst thou livest at ease with the Harmenbeck.at harman, n.
Oxford Jrnl 4 Mar. 3/2: How coudst say that the golden stick [...] is stuck all with diamonds, and that there was a design to nab it.at nab, v.1
Oxford Jrnl 4 Mar. 3/2: What made thee tell so many lies to the Queer Cuffin.at queer cuffin (n.) under queer, adj.
Oxford Jrnl 4 Mar. 3/2: Tho’ hast scapt the chates for this bout. I may see thee a babe in the wood before tis over, and to the Ruffin cly thee.at Ruffin cly thee!, the (excl.) under Ruffin, the, n.
Oxford Jrnl 4 Mar. 3/2: Tho’ thou hast scapt the chates for this bout, I may see thee a babe in the wood before tis over: and so the ruffin cly thee.at Ruffin, the, n.
Oxford Jrnl 4 Mar. 3/2: Thou has the luck to squeak now and so thy friends must go to quod and scour the cramp rings, whilst thou livest at ease with the Harmenbeck.at scour the cramp-ring(s) (v.) under scour, v.1
Oxford Jrnl 4 Mar. 3/2: Thou has the luck to squeak now and so thy friends must go to quod and scour the cramp rings, whilst thou livest at ease with the Harmenbeck.at squeak, v.
Oxford Jrnl 4 Mar. 3/2: I don’t blame thee for turning stag, for to be sure everyman is in the right to take care of his own self.at turn stag (v.) under stag, n.1
Oxford Jrnl 29 Dec. 3/2: Fill’d with humming Ale and Beef [...] How we caper as we go.at humming ale, n.
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