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Luke Caffrey’s Gost choose

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[Ire] ‘The Wee Wee Bag of Potatoes’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 5: Oh how he batter’d her [...] how he twangled her, with his Wee Wee Bag of Potatoes.
at batter, v.
[Ire] ‘Swaggering Jack’ in Luke Caffrey’s Gost 3: His back had often felt the smart, / Of Tyburn strings at the tail of a cart; / He stood the batter but that’s no matter.
at batter, n.2
[Ire] ‘De Kilmainham Minit’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 7: But when on de Ground your friend lies, / Oh! tip me a Snig in the Jugler; [...] As de Surgints of Otomy tell us; / Dat when I’m cut down from de Rope. / You’ll bring back de Puff to me Bellows, / And set me, once more, on me Pins.
at bellows, n.
[Ire] ‘Darby o’Gallagher’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost She being distrest did beg the request / Of a blast of the bellows from D. O’Gallagher.
at bellows, n.
[Ire] ‘De Kilmainham Minit’ in Luke Caffrey’s Gost 7: Wid a Tip of de Slang we replied, / And a Blinker dat Nobody noted.
at blinker, n.
[Ire] ‘The Rakes Frolick’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 2: In each barony through the country, / Boozing heartily, cruising gallantly.
at booze, v.
[Ire] ‘De Kilmainham Minit’ in Luke Caffrey’s Gost 5: For he was de smart on de Gap, / He boozl’d de Bull dog and pinners.
at boozle, v.
[Ire] ‘Breeches’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 8: Had I my charmer quite undressed [...] With naked buff and patch quite rough.
at buff, n.1
[Ire] ‘Patrick’s Day inthe Morning’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 3: But we made the Bugs for to remember, / The 17th of March when each brave member, / Did oil their hides with Irish timber.
at bug, n.4
[Ire] ‘De Kilmainham Minit’ in Luke Caffrey’s Gost 5: For he was de smart on de Gap, / He boozl’d de Bull dog and pinners.
at bulldog, n.
[Ire] ‘De Kilmainham Minit’ in Luke Caffrey’s Gost 7: Pads foremost he div’ed, and den round, / He caper’d de Kilmainham Minit.
at caper, v.1
[Ire] ‘The New Vagary’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 2: So into bed with his maid he went, / And still she cries don’t tease me O. / With my rigdum, jigdum &. / Then he turn’d up his chanter O, / And still she cries you please me O.
at chanter-pipe, n.
[Ire] ‘Larry’s Stiff’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 6: Poor Larry was now a gone chuck.
at gone chicken (n.) under chicken, n.
[Ire] ‘Larry’s Stiff’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 6: De girls de all gother round us; / Dey began to cry and to keen, / Wid dir damnable clack to confound us.
at clack, n.
[Ire] ‘De Kilmainham Minit’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 7: Oh! be de Hoky, id was den dat me Claret run cold.
at claret, n.
[Ire] ‘Fight your Cock in the Morning’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 7: A brisk young soldier standing by, / Upon this fair Maid cast an eye. / To fight my Cock I you defy, / To rouse me up in the morning.
at cock, n.3
[Ire] ‘A Drop of Dram’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 6: [as previous].
at crawsick, adj.
[Ire] ‘The Munster-Man’s Bothabue’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 3: But I’ll away to Culchy fair my Bothabue to find, / I’ll range the flow’ry meadows gay in hopes that they prove kind, / There is three doctors there and if they get the fee, / They will restore to me once more my sporting Bothabue.
at culchie, n.
[Ire] ‘De Kilmainham Minit’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 7: When I dance tw’xt de Ert and de Skies / De Clargy may bleat for de Strugler.
at dance, v.
[Ire] ‘De Kilmainham Minit’ in Luke Caffrey’s Gost 7: We saw de poor Fellow was funking; /De Drizzle stole down from his Eye, / Tho’ we taut he had got better Spunk in.
at drizzle, n.
[Ire] ‘Larry’s Stiff’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 6: As de Pole-lice was coming among us; / Dey taught for to kick up a dust.
at kick up (a) dust (v.) under dust, n.
[Ire] ‘De Kilmainham Minit’ in Luke Caffrey’s Gost 8: His Pushing-block pissy [?] came in, / From tipping de Trottler a Dusting; / Her Stuff-shop was up to the Chin, / Like a cram’d Fowl wid Tenderness busting.
at dusting, n.1
[Ire] ‘Larry’s Stiff’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 7: If he hadn’t a make, his neck-cloth he’d pop for a facer.
at facer, n.1
[Ire] ‘Larry’s Stiff’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 7: She taut he would sqeeze her to deth, / So darted her fangs in his throttle.
at fang, n.
[Ire] ‘The Coughing Old Man’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 3: Like a hog in a sty he does grunt and puff, / A wheezing and harking both sneezing and farting.
at fart, v.
[Ire] ‘De Kilmainham Minit’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 6: And when dat he mill’d a fat slap, / He me-ri-ly melted de winner.
at fat, adj.
[Ire] ‘De Kilmainham Minit’ in Luke Caffrey’s Gost 6: We’d tip him de Fives fore his Det [Death].
at tip someone the fives (v.) under fives, n.
[Ire] ‘Larry’s Stiff’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 7: Both of dem took of dir flesh-bags.
at fleshbag (n.) under flesh, n.
[Ire] ‘The Man of Fashion’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 6: With your gold you’ll rattle ’till you fling them all, / And then you’re a Man of Fashion.
at fling, v.
[Ire] ‘Larry’s Stiff’ Luke Caffrey’s Gost 7: You know dat fat Peg’s devilish foggy.
at foggy, adj.
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