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Provincial Gloss. n.p.: Whisterpoop. A back handed blow [...] Exm[oor].at whister-clister, n.
Provincial Gloss. n.p.: Whisterpoop. A back handed blow [...] Exm[oor]. Provincial Gloss. (1811) 84: He is arrested by the bailiff of Marshland. That is, clapped on the back by an ague; to which strangers, coming into the fenny part of this county [i.e. Norfolk] near the sea, are extremely liable.at arrested by the bailiff of marshland, phr.
Provincial Gloss.at arseward(-backwards) under arse, n.
Provincial Gloss. (1811) [as cit. 1662].at beggar’s bush (n.) under beggar, n.
Provincial Gloss. (1811).at Cambridgeshire camel (n.) under Cambridge, adj.
Provincial Gloss. 84/1: Fuller and Ray suppose the Middlesex yeomen to have been styled clowns, from their not paying the same deference to the nobility and gentry, that was shewn by the inhabitants of more remote counties, to whom the sight of them was less common. Perhaps it was likewise owing to the sudden contrast between the behaviour of the inhabitants of the metropolis, and of some of the small villages a few miles off; several of which [...] are more countrified than the rustics. of Cornwall or Northumberland.at Middlesex clown, n.
Provincial Gloss.at miffy, n.
Provincial Gloss. n.p.: Who goes to Westminster for a wife, to St Paul’s for a man or to Smithfield for a horse, may meet with a whore, a knave and a jade .at go to Westminster (for a wife) (v.) under Westminster, n.
Provincial Gloss. 61/2: A Barnwell ague. The venereal disease. Barnwell is a village near Cambridge, famous for the residence of the women of pleasure attending the university.at Barnwell ague, n.
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