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[UK] Dekker Newes from Graues-end (1925) 78: Thou wouldst neuer haue gone to any Barbers in London whilst thou had liude, but haue bin trimd only there, for theu are true shauers, and they haue the right Neapolitan polling.
at barber, n.1
[UK] Dekker Newes from Graues-end (1925) 99: His Ryoys rauisht, all his pleasures, His marrow wasted with his treasure, His painted harlots.
at marrow, n.
[UK] Dekker Newes from Graues-end (1925) 78: Thou wouldst neuer haue gone to any Barbers in London whilst thou had liude, but haue bin trimd only there, for they are the true shauers, and they haue the right Neapolitan polling.
at poll, n.1
[UK] Dekker Newes from Graues-end (1925) 78: Thou wouldst neuer haue gone to any Barbers in London whilst thou had liude, but haue bin trimd only there, for they are the true shauers, and they haue the right Neapolitan polling.
at shaver, n.2
[UK] Dekker Newes from Graues-end (1925) 78: Thou wouldst neuer haue gone to any Barbers in London whilst thou had liude, but haue bin trimd only there, for they are the true shauers, and they haue the right Neapolitan polling.
at trim, v.
[UK] Newes from Graues-end D2v: With Spaniards, shee’s an Indianist, With barbarous Turks a Sodomist.
at turk, n.1
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