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The Potent Ally, or, Succours of Merryland choose

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[UK] W. Kennett ‘Armour’ in Potent Ally 1: All ye Nymphs [...] Known by White-apron, bart’ring Love with Cit.
at white apron (n.) under apron, n.
[UK] W. Kennett ‘Armour’ in Potent Ally 3: The hot daring Youth, whose giddy Lust [...] Resolves upon Fruition, unimpare’d / By intervening Armour, C----m hight! [Ibid.] 5: [footnote] Colonel Condom was the Inventor of What is vulgarly called a C----m, alias armour, by the Girls of the Town, and who generally carry this Defence about them, at 1 s. each.
at armour, n.
[UK] W. Kennett ‘Armour’ in Potent Ally 1: All ye Nymphs [...] Known by White-apron, bart’ring Love with Cit.
at cit, n.
[UK] W. Kennett ‘Armour’ in Potent Ally 3: The hot daring Youth [...] now tormented sore with scalding Heat / Of Urine, dread Fore-runner of a Clap!
at clap, n.
[UK] C. Cotton Potent Ally Dedication: We have still a very natural and close Alliance with a strong and Potent-Country; a Country always ready to embrace us, and which will never refuse to unite with us, while we act with Vigour.
at cunt, n.
[UK] N. Rowe ‘Horace’s Integer Vitae applied to the Rakes of Drury’ in Potent Ally 27: The Man, Dear Friend, who wears a C—m, [...] He fears no Danger from the Doxies, Laughs at their F*****, and scorns their Poxes.
at doxy, n.
[UK] N. Rowe ‘Horace’s Integer Vitae applied to the Rakes of Drury’ in Potent Ally 27: The Man, Dear Friend, who wears a C—m, [...] He fears no Danger from the Doxies, Laughs at their F*****, and scorns their Poxes .
at fanny, n.1
[UK] W. Kennett ‘Armour’ in Potent Ally 5: [footnote] Colonel Condom was the Inventor of What is vulgarly called a C----m, alias armour, by the Girls of the Town.
at girl about town (n.) under girl, n.1
[UK] W. Kennett ‘Armour’ Potent Ally 4: Nor slights he now his Grannum’s Sage Advice.
at grannam, n.2
[UK] W. Kennett ‘Armour’ in Potent Ally 4: Now no Relief, but from the Surgeon’s Hand, / Or Pill-prescribing-Leach.
at horse leech (n.) under horse, n.
[UK] W. Kennett ‘Armour’ in Potent Ally 3: The hot daring Youth, whose giddy Lust [...] Resolves upon Fruition.
at hot, adj.
[UK] C. Cotton ‘The Present State of Bettyland’ in Potent Ally 29: Censures upon one another’s Dressing and Behaviour; Punctillio’s of Ceremonies when to give the Lip, and when to give the Cheek.
at lip, n.1
[UK] W. Kennett ‘Armour’ in Potent Ally 1: All ye Nymphs [...] Known by White-apron, bart’ring Love with Cit.
at nymph, n.
[UK] N. Rowe ‘Horace’s Integer Vitae applied to the Rakes of Drury’ in Potent Ally 27: The Man, Dear Friend, who wears a C—m, / May scour the Hundreds round at random; / Whether it please him to disport, In Wild-Street, or in Coulson’s Court; / He fears no Danger from the Doxies, / Laughs at their F*****, and scorns their Poxes.
at scour, v.2
[UK] W. Kennett ‘Armour’ in Potent Ally 7: You cautious stay awhile, till fitly Arm’d [...] so may you thrum / Th’ exstatic Harlot.
at thrum, v.
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