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[UK] T. Hudson ‘Dash My Vig!’ in Comic Songs 9: I fell deep in love with a ravishing maid, / And she was a straw bonnet builder by trade.
at bonnet-builder (n.) under bonnet, n.2
[UK] T. Hudson ‘Romeo and juliet’ in Comic Songs 31: Nurse with shrieks & shrikes, endeavour'dfor to wake her, / Ma’ went in high strikes — Pa’ sent for the Undertaker.
at highstrikes, n.
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