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Estienne’s World of Wonders choose

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[UK] R. Carew (trans.) Estienne’s World of Wonders Pref. 10: The country swains contenting themselues though they haue not the fairest, take the woodden-fac’d wenches and the ill-fauourd-foule-fustilugs for a small summe.
at fustilugs, n.
[UK] R. Carew (trans.) Estienne’s World of Wonders 78: Thy wife hath hornified thee more than once.
at hornify, v.
[UK] R. Carew (trans.) Estienne’s World of Wonders 101: If it were not light skirtedness and leuitie that caused her to companie with Tarquinius, she is vniustly punished.
at light skirtedness (n.) under light skirt(s), n.
[UK] R. Carew (trans.) Estienne’s World of Wonders A2: Here dwels that towring and terrible Nimrod, that hunting rigsby Semiramis.
at rigsby, n.
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