1716 J. Addison Drummer III i: Thy four chief domestics are — a withered Abigail — a superannuated steward — a ghost — and a conjurer.at abigail, n.1
1716 J. Addison Drummer I i: Those two or three worthy gentlemen are impos’d upon, cheated, bubbled, abus’d, bamboozled.at bamboozled (adj.) under bamboozle, v.
1716 J. Addison Drummer I i: Thou dost not know what mischief it might do thee, if such a silly dog as thee should offer to speak to it.at dog, n.2
1716 J. Addison Drummer III i: Your lady must make haste, my duck. [Ibid.] IV i: But, hark you, duckling!at duck, n.1
1716 J. Addison The Drummer II i: I’ll be hanged if this ghost be not one of Abigail’s familiars.at I’ll be hanged! (excl.) under hang, v.1
1716 J. Addison Drummer V i: I must stop this old fellow’s mouth, I must not be sparing in hush-money.at hush money, n.
1716 J. Addison Drummer V i: You know what your word cost Sir George, a purse of broad pieces.at piece, n.
1716 J. Addison Drummer I i: What, you sot! are you grown pot-valiant?at pot-valiant (adj.) under pot, n.1
1716 J. Addison Drummer IV i: He looks like a put — a queer old dog as ever I saw in my life.at put, n.1
1716 J. Addison Drummer III i: Marry him! [...] there would be no staying in this house for us if she did. That young rake-hell would send all the old servants a grazing.at send a-grazing (v.) under send, v.
1716 J. Addison Drummer I i: What dost thou do in bed with this spindle-shank’d fellow?at spindleshanks, n.
1976 Drummer July 2/1: The review of the stage musical, ‘Boy Meets Boy,’ in DRUMMER No. 5 is exactly the kind of faggotry I had hoped to avoid in The Leather Fraternity.at faggotry, n.