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Irish Ballads choose

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[Ire] ‘Tobacco Box’ Irish Ballads 8: Here, Kate, take my ’Bacco box, a soldier’s all.
at bacca-box (n.) under bacca, n.
[Ire] ‘The Manual Exercise’ Irish Ballads 2: Make ready your cartridge observe what I say, / And also your firelock for that’s my desire.
at firelock (n.) under fire, n.
[Ire] ‘Davie Williamson’ Irish Ballads 4: His flute being long, and play’d so strong.
at flute, n.1
[Ire] ‘The Manual Exercise’ Irish Ballads 2: She cried well performed my young Volunteer [...] Return you ram rod pray make no delay.
at ramrod, n.
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