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Knaves of Spades and Diamonds choose

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[UK] Rowlands Knaves of Spades and Diamonds 35: [To a Gormondizing Glutton] Vpon foure Capons then his teeth did deale, And sent them downe into his pudding house.
at pudding-house (n.) under pudding, n.
[UK] Rowlands Knaves of Spades & Diamonds 106: To All London’s Naballs .
at nab-all, n.
[UK] Rowlands Knaves of Spades & Diamonds 117: Gluttonie mounted on a greedie beare, To belly-cheere and banquets lends his care.
at belly chere (n.) under belly, n.
[UK] Rowlands Knaves of Spades & Diamonds 108: A man would thinke no Conie could be caught. Who wil be drawne at Dice and Cards to play, With one who he meets a stranger on the way.
at cony, n.
[UK] Rowlands ‘The Country Cunning-Man’ Knaves of Spades & Diamonds 95: When Ball his Dog at twelue a clocke did howle, He jogd his wife, and Ill lucke, Madge, did say, And Fox by morning stole a Goose away.
at jog, v.
[UK] Rowlands ‘A Reprobate Pirat’ Knaves of Spades & Diamonds 86: Thou wicked lumpe of onely sin, and shame.
at lump, n.
[UK] Rowlands ‘A Reprobate Pirat’ Knaves of Spades and Diamonds 86: Thou Hellish Beast, That hast liu’d cursed Thiefe vpon the Seas, And now a Turke on shore dost take thine ease.
at turk, n.1
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