Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Defoe True Born Englishman in Works (1870) 598: The Sages [...] Praise Epicurus rather than Lysander, And Aristippus more than Alexander.at aristippus, n.
Defoe True Born Englishman in Works (1908) 276: In print my panegyric fills the street, And hired gaol-birds their huzzas repeat.at gaolbird, n.
Defoe True Born Englishman in Works (1908) 243: The Royal Branch, from Pict land did succeed, / With troops of Scots, and scabs from North-by-Tweed.at scab, n.1
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