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The Tinker of Turvey choose

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[UK] Tinker of Turvey Epistle: Ale? The Autenticall drinke of England, the whole Barmy-Tribe of Ale-Cunners neuer layd their lips to the like.
at barmy, adj.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 8: They will bite at anything.
at bite, v.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 8: If I fry not in my Brain-pan something or other that shall make them swallow a Horse-plum, say I’m no Pedlar.
at brainpan (n.) under brain, n.1
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 10: The men lookt blancke, saw they were guld, for bulling the old Pedlar.
at bull, v.1
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 9: To tell you true my Bulleys, I looke for Guests this day, if you will Dine with me you shall be welcome.
at bully, n.1
[UK] Tinker of Turvey Epistle 1: Many a Tinkers Trull haue I bum-fiddled.
at bum fiddle, v.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey Epistle 1: Arm’d with his budget, Bung-Dagger, New-panne and hammer.
at bung, n.1
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 25: A Cobler, a merry fellow [...] who was wont on working-dayes, to chant it out at his worke.
at chant, v.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 8: Some that knew you had but weake eyes haue fool’d you, out-fac’d you, and Cunny-catch’d you.
at conycatch, v.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 71: His officious and most dutifull Crackrope Sonne Marmaduke.
at crack-rope (n.) under crack, v.2
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 2: When we piece vp broken wares, / We are pay’d by pretty Cunneys.
at cunny, n.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey Epistle: To All the braue Mettle-men that Trauell on the Hoofe, with a Dog, and a Doxie at’s Tayle.
at doxy, n.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey Epistle n.p.: Here’s a Gallimawfry of all sorts: The wayting Wench has Iests to make her merry, and Clownes, plaine dunstable Dogrell, for them to laugh at, till their Leather buttons fly off.
at gallimaufry, n.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey Epistle: I haue thrust into my Guts Dagger-Ale, Steeletto-Ale, Pistoll-proofe-Ale.
at gut, n.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 23: A horne-mad Cuckold, is a wild Bull, bellowing and roaring still after his Cow.
at horn-mad, adj.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 8: If I fry not in my Brain-pan something or other that shall make them swallow a Horse-plum, say I’m no Pedlar.
at horse apple (n.) under horse, n.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey Contents: A Iohn Hold-my-Staffe Cuckold.
at john-hold-my-staff (n.) under John, n.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 16: He had dubd him knighte of the forked order.
at ...the forked order under knight of the..., n.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 23: A Cuckold cryed vp, is a peeuish, snappish, quarrelsome Ninny-hammer.
at ninnyhammer, n.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey Epistle: He loues that Ale-house best, which washes his Cheekes with the strongest Nippitaty.
at nipitate, n.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey Epistle: Be you all then, (my Brother-strowlers, and Padders on the High way,) as Iouiall as I am.
at padder, n.1
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 5: Purblind he was and hardly could he iudge [...] to buy a Prancer.
at prancer, n.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 8: The Pedlar was no sooner come into the Market, but the three Sharkes [...] came to him.
at shark, n.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey Epistle: For I (Trotter the Tincker) haue beene sowc’d ouer head and eares in the Mediterranean Sea of Metheglin, and all other sorts of Liquors.
at soused to the gills (adj.) under soused, adj.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey 23: A winking Cuckold, is he, that sees a Cock-Sparow tread his Hen, yet goes away and sayes nothing.
at tread, v.
[UK] Tinker of Turvey Epistle 1: Many a Tinkers Trull haue I bum-fiddled.
at trull, n.
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