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[UK] ‘The Happy Virgin’ Songster’s Companion 19: No bantlings to tease her, or break her night’s rest.
at bantling, n.
[UK] ‘Sung in the Strangers at Home’ Songster’s Companion 51: When up to London first I came, An aukward country booby, I gap’d, and star’d, and did the same As ev’ry other looby.
at booby, n.1
[UK] ‘Sung at Sadlers Wells’ in Songster’s Companion 8: When I first saw the Cyprian flower, With stately pride I scorn’d to yield.
at Cyprian, adj.
[UK] ‘Sung at Sadlers Wells’ Songster’s Companion 38: Strike, you frog-eaters, strike.
at frog-eater, n.
[UK] ‘Sung in Two to One’ Songster’s Companion 64: Adzooks, old Crusty! why so rusty, Stupid, queer, and mumpy? Egad, if you don’t mend your manners, Somebody will lump you.
at egad!, excl.
[UK] ‘Sung in Fontainbleau’ in Songster’s Companion 80: With swearing, tearing, ranting, jaunting, flashing [...] this is the life of a frolicksome fellow.
at flash, v.1
[UK] ‘Sung in Fontainbleau’ Songster’s Companion 77: Gadzooks! so fine myself I’ll rig.
at gadzooks! (excl.) under gad, n.1
[UK] ‘Sung in Fontainbleau’ in Songster’s Companion 76: Oh! yes; John Bull’s a good’n.
at good ’un, n.
[UK] ‘Sung in Fontainbleau’ in Songster’s Companion 77: My head is puff’d with Mareschal, And to my back a knocker.
at knocker, n.1
[UK] ‘On the Taking of Louisburg’ in Songster’s Companion 68: The French on their marrow-bones bring.
at marrowbones, n.
[UK] ‘Sung in Two to One’ in Songster’s Companion 64: Adzooks, old Crusty! why so rusty, Stupid, queer, and mumpy?
at rusty, adj.1
[UK] ‘Sung in Fontainbleau’ in Songster’s Companion 79: I snooze at the Hummums till twelve, perhaps later.
at snooze, v.
[UK] ‘Sung in Fontainbleau’ in Songster’s Companion 80: Through Pall Mall I spank it.
at spank, v.2
[UK] ‘The Vicar and Moses’ Songster’s Companion 45: Each tipt off a jill, for fear they should chill, And then staggered away.
at tip, v.2
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