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Knave of Clubs choose

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[UK] Rowlands ‘A Shee-Devill Made Tame by a Smith’ Knave of Clubs 35: Out, filthy beast, I loath thy lookes, / And hate thee like a toad.
at beast, n.
[UK] Rowlands ‘A Gull’ Knave of Clubs 24: I’le raise the ghost of Hercules / Shall braine thee with his club.
at brain, v.
[UK] Rowlands ‘A Whoremonger’ Knave of Clubs 5: One night, kind Jone [...] she stript off all, / And coming like a wench of willing sprite / To doe her Maisters busines in the night, Such tumbling in the bed (belike) did keepbusinesse, / She wak’d her quiet Mistris out of sleepe.
at business, n.
[UK] Rowlands ‘Master Make Shift’ Knave of Clubs 20: I would be-stab his skin like double cuts, And garter up his stockins with his guts.
at have someone’s guts for garters (v.) under gut, n.
[UK] Rowlands ‘Master Make Shift’ Knave of Clubs 19: Then sing me, I could fancie lovely Nanny, (And here is for you, I’le but goe and leake; Call for a pot, ther’s not a rogue will speake.) So takes his cloake, and downe the staires away.
at leak, v.
[UK] Rowlands ‘A Shee-Devill Made Tame by a Smith’ Knave of Clubs 35: Out, filthy beast, I loath thy lookes, / And hate thee like a toad; Drunke ev’ry day, ungodly wretch, / And when thou hast thy load, / Call for tobacco, that thou art / As blacke within as soote.
at load, n.
[UK] Rowlands Knave of Clubs 29: Signieur Worde-Monger, The Ape of Eloquence.
at -monger, sfx
[UK] Rowlands ‘A Shee-Devill Made Tame by a Smith’ Knave of Clubs 36: Smug would tremble like a leafe, / When she appear’d in sight.
at smug, n.1
[UK] Rowlands ‘Master Make Shift’ Knave of Clubs 20: Some swear, some swagger [...] Wishing the reckning would make thin-gut fat.
at thin-gut (n.) under thin, adj.2
[UK] Rowlands ‘A Shee-Devill Made Tame by a Smith’ Knave of Clubs 35: Out, filthy beast, I loath thy lookes, / And hate thee like a toad .
at toad, n.
[UK] Rowlands ‘A Whoremonger’ Knave of Clubs 5: One night, kind Jone [...] she stript off all, / And coming like a wench of willing sprite / To doe her Maisters busines in the night, Such tumbling in the bed (belike) did keepe, / She wak’d her quiet Mistris out of sleepe.
at tumble, v.1
[UK] N. O’Donoghue Knave of Clubs I 12: You're [...] ready for a swill with any one as asks you to have one. Come on to the lush-house, and have a dandy, do.
at dandy, n.3
[UK] N. O’Donoghue Knave of Clubs I 12: What’s puttin’ you in such a tarnal bad humour to-night ? You're sometimes jolly enough, and ready for a swill with any one as asks you to have one. Come on to the lush-house, and have a dandy, do.
at lush-house (n.) under lush, n.1
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