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The Man in the Moon, discovering a World of Knavery under the Sun, with sundry memorable Accidents and strange Proceedings etc. choose

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[UK] Man in the Moon 28 May-5 June 68: Do you think that the People of England [...] will now be governed by half a score of Murses arse-wormes, loathed of all the World?
at arse-worm (n.) under arse, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 16-23 Apr. 11: Hannah Ienks, Ruth Turn up, Doll Burn-it, and sister Wag-tayle have petition’d the Supreame Authority.
at burn, v.
[UK] Man in the Moon 23-30 Apr. 19: An act [...] a Parliament Crack-fart for disposing of Prizes before they have taken them.
at crackfart (n.) under crack, v.1
[UK] Man in the Moon 28 May - 5 June 67: How now ye pitiful wretched Ox-headed Citts, ye eternal Cow-babies, ye illiterate joltheads.
at jolterhead, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 28 May - 5 June 73: Alderman Split-breech and the right doubty Mayre are to be dubb’d Knights of the burning Pestle.
at ...the pestle under knight of the..., n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 23-30 Apr. 24: Let [illegible] beware, there are rods in pisse for him.
at rod in piss (n.) under rod, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 28 May - 5 June 68: Shall [...] the very scummes, offall and shackraggs of of a Common-wealth reigne, rule and Tyrannize over us?
at shagrag, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 23-30 Apr. 20: This is but a Town-bull trick, he hath more than these.
at town bull (n.) under town, n.2
[UK] Man in the Moon 16-23 Apr. 11: Hannah Ienks, Ruth Turn up, Doll Burn-it, and sister Wag-tayle have petition’d the Supreame Authority.
at turn up, v.1
[UK] Man in the Moon 16-23 Apr. 11: Hannah Ienks, Ruth Turn up, Doll Burn-it, and sister Wag-tayle have petition’d the Supreame Authority.
at wagtail, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 2 1 Oct. 15: [He] unveiled the Conney-berry [...] and spying the way to the Antipodes as open as his intent was urgent, yet dangerous by reason of a Water-mill, which he passed through.
at antipodes, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 4 26 Nov. 28: Kittermaster (alias quite Whore-master) [whose] shortness is caused by the long continuance of his wenching, no wonder then if he be call’d Bob, to which if you add Tale it will better discover his Trade into the Antipodes.
at bobtail, n.1
[UK] Man in the Moon 4 26 Nov. 29: In Moor-fields near the Rose is a new Conney-berry, common to all Warriners, Trappans, Hectors or others, One of the chief Conies belonging to this Cony-berry is called Scotch Nan, if any one would have a game at this Berry, he may be sure to find her ... in the Lodge at Finsbury.
at cony-burrow (n.) under cony, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 2 1 Oct. 15: [His] hand accidentally slipping forth of his glove fell unhappily into his neighbours Conny-berry.
at cony-burrow (n.) under cony, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 4 26 Nov. 29: [Those] that venter to fraight this Vessel be carefull their goods be not fired and themselves endangered if they come in her Fore-castle. For never any man did yet come nigh her, But by her heat she set his Goods on fire.
at fire, v.1
[UK] Man in the Moon 4 26 Nov. 26: As for the Mistris of the Newberry Garrison [i.e. a popular brothel], her tale is as common as a Wind-mill, she grinds corn for all Customers, her Chuck-office is the Toledish.
at grind, v.
[UK] Man in the Moon 4 26 Nov. 26: Instead of planting in an Orchard or Garden, [he] crept into a Bakers Oven, where he found the lid open, and ... went not in to Plant so much as to set and draw back the root of multiplication, the strength of whose constitution did so much opperate in the Bakers Oven (alias Morterpiece) by kissing, clipping and complementing, that the Baker is forc’d to look out whilst the Gardner stands in the Pillory between the two Ivory Pillars of his Feminine Engine, to the glory of all our Plantations.
at oven, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 2 I Oct. 11: Father Hewson was of the same Society as St. Hugh, not failing in the performance of the same work with his Lieutenants wife at Plimouth, as he did with the Butchers at White-Chappel.
at perform, v.
[UK] Man in the Moon 5 May 12: Though Gentry will not come to see the Play, / Jacques-farmers will frequent it eve’ry day.
at jakes-farmer (n.) under jakes, n.1
[UK] Man in the Moon 5 May 14: An Impudent piece of Mortality, coming from Dover [etc.]'.
at piece of flesh (n.) under piece, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 5 May 16: [The] Anabaptist [...] forcibly, without her consent, entred her Pulpet.
at pulpit, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 5 May 14: [He] went reeling home, like one troubled with the staggers.
at staggers, n.
[UK] Man in the Moon 5 May 12: Mr Tom Turds pond, which is to be called the Excremental Theatre.
at tom turdman (n.) under tom, n.1
[UK] Man in the Moon 5 May 10: A Country Tuskin affirms he met them on the road flying towards Plimouth.
at tuskin, n.
[UK] H. Robertson Under the Sun 33: In the ember hours I retreated poep-scared to my eggshell hiding from the dying of the light.
at poep-scared, adj.
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