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A Laconic narrative of the life & death of James Wilson, known by the name of Daft Jamie : in which are interspersed general anecdotes relative to him and his old friend Boby Awl [i.e. Robert Kirkwood] choose

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[Scot] Life and Death of Robert Kirkwood 6: Others clubbed their three bawbees for gill after gill, and sat bousing till all was done.
at baubee, n.
[Scot] Life and Death of Robert Kirkwood 35: She took a bottle and cut for a gill and a bottle o’ beer, and settled the hashie.
at settle the hash (v.) under hash, n.1
[Scot] Life and Death of Robert Kirkwood 13: It was a prick-louse, a son of Crispin, who composed this stanza.
at prick-(the-)louse (n.) under prick, v.2
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