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History of the haveral wives; or, The folly of witless women displayed choose

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[Scot] H. Clinker Hist. of the Haveral Wives (1799) 2: Two old wives, Maggy and Janet, at their rocks, began their crack as follows.
at crack, n.1
[Scot] H. Clinker Hist. of the Haveral Wives (1799) 6: He has twa gilly gawkies o’ dochters.
at gilly, n.
[Scot] H. Clinker Hist. of the Haveral Wives (1799) 6: Their twa bits o’paps ay playing nidity nod.
at paps, n.1
[Scot] H. Clinker Hist. of the Haveral Wives (1799) 6: He has twa gilly gawkies o’ dochters wha [...] lug a wallopin white thing hinging like a snotter at a bubly wean’s nose.
at snotter, n.
[Scot] H. Clinker Hist. of the Haveral Wives (1799) 6: He has twa gilly gawkies o’ dochters wha [...] lug a wallopin white thing hinging like a snotter at a bubly wean’s nose.
at walloping, adj.
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