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Lovers, Rakes and Rogues choose

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[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 180: To Scamping Sam I gave my hand, / Who milled the blunt and tatlers.
at blunt, n.1
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 180: The cobweb and the robbing rigs / I practise every day, sir.
at cobweb rig (n.) under cobweb, n.
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 180: The claret ran, it would not stop, / He died of the leaden fever.
at leaden fever, n.
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 179: At the gin ken I took a swig, / Reeled home, blind drunk, a-singing.
at gin ken (n.) under gin, n.4
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 179: Yet every hit he brought the bit / And then we spent it rumly.
at hit, n.
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 180: To Scamping Sam I gave my hand, / Who milled the blunt and tatlers.
at mill, v.1
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 180: Wigsby has passed sentence.
at Mr Wigsby (n.) under Mr, n.
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 178: At the New Drop I napped my bub.
at nap, v.1
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 179: To Nimming Ned I went to bed / Who looked but queer and glumly.
at nim, v.
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 180: [I] grieve to leave my dear town pad.
at pad, n.1
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 179: I left the youth to stretch his pipe: / I nabbed a bill for fifty.
at stretch one‘s pipe (v.) under pipe, n.1
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 180: But once the guard let fly his pop / And Sam became receiver.
at pop, n.1
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 179: When Phil the flat had stagged my charms / He swore none else could please him.
at stag, v.1
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 180: To Scamping Sam I gave my hand, / Who milled the blunt and tatlers.
at tatler, n.
[UK] ‘Rolling Blossom’ in Festival of Anacreon in Wardroper Lovers, Rakers and Rogues (1995) 179: [He] Could palm an ace, or ring the tatts / Or sing a rolling song, sir.
at ring the tatts (v.) under tats, n.
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