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Tell-Trothes New-Yeares Gift choose

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[UK] Tell-Trothes New-Yeares Gift (1876) 30: Ioane, communis omnibus, that could play at bucklers so soone as she was past her cradell. Oh she is a tall peece of flesh, and will stand to her tackling so stoutly.
at buckler, n.
[UK] Tell-Trothes New-Yeares Gift (1876) 17: As for make-bates, there was framed against them a bill.
at make-bate (n.) under make, v.
[UK] Tell-Trothes New-Yeares Gift (1876) 30: Ioane, communis omnibus, that could play at bucklers so soone as she was past her cradell. Oh she is a tall peece of flesh, and will stand to her tackling so stoutly.
at piece of flesh (n.) under piece, n.
[UK] Tell-Trothes New-Yeares Gift (1876) 22: The grand wittalls, that will alure customers by the fine wenches, and with hauing inriched themselues therby, will turne their knauery into villanie. [...] Their wiues shall [...] reape no profit.
at wittol, n.
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