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[UK] Macaulay Hist. of England II Ch. 10 🌐 He could not submit to be tied to the apron strings even of the best of wives.
at tied to someone’s apron-strings (adj.) under apron-strings, n.
[UK] Macaulay Hist. of England I Ch. 3 🌐 A rich beverage made of the best Spanish wine, and celebrated over the whole kingdom as Bristol milk.
at Bristol milk (n.) under Bristol, n.
[UK] Macaulay Hist. of England II Ch. 10 🌐 The King’s printing house [...] was, to use a coarse metaphor which then, for the first time, came into use, completely gutted.
at gut, v.1
[UK] Macaulay Hist. of England I Ch. 2 🌐 Bedloe, a noted swindler, followed.
at swindler, n.
[UK] Macaulay Hist. of England I Ch. 3 🌐 To a landsman these tarpaulins, as they were called, seemed a strange and half savage race.
at tarpaulin, n.
[UK] Macaulay Hist. of England III Ch. 16 🌐 To play the Hector at cockpits and hazard tables.
at hector, n.
[UK] Macaulay Hist. of England IV Ch. 22 🌐 This man, who [...] was described as an awkward, stupid, Hogan Mogan.
at hogan-mogan, n.
[UK] Macaulay Hist. of England IV Ch. 18 🌐 He wheedled Tillotson out of some money.
at wheadle, v.
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