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Tom and Jerry, A Musical Extravaganza choose

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[Ire] Tom and Jerry; Musical Extravaganza II iv: O blur an’ oons!
at blood and ’ounds!, excl.
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; A Musical Extravaganza 52: Bunches of turnips, extremes of low life. [Ibid.] 55: Roses, pinks and tulips, nobility.
at orchids and turnips, n.
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; A Musical Extravaganza II iv: I brought her to the pig an tinder-box.
at Pig and Tinder-box, n.
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; A Musical Extravaganza 54: Noah’s ark, beggar’s assembly.
at Noah’s (ark), n.2
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza I ii: Oh ho! I have caught you, Jerry, on the sly, with your fancy article.
at fancy bit (n.) under bit, n.1
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza I v: I frequently resort here to [...] make assignations with pieces of muslin.
at bit of muslin (n.) under bit, n.1
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza II iv: Seize upon that man, and confine him in the black-hole.
at black hole (n.) under black, adj.
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza 52: Black diamonds, coals, and coal heavers.
at black diamonds (n.) under black, adj.
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; A Musical Extravaganza I v: See that young man a diver is. Hush or he’ll rattle out his bones upon your ivories.
at bones, n.1
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; Musical Extravaganza 52: Cabbage monger, a tailor.
at cabbage monger (n.) under cabbage, n.1
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza II i: You have moistened your chaffer tolerably well.
at moisten one’s chaffer (v.) under chaffer, n.2
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; A Musical Extravaganza II i: Bravo! Here goes! It’s the most pleasant manner of cupping a man.
at cup, v.
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; Musical Extravaganza I v: She cut as soon as she tipp’d it you.
at cut, v.2
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza 53: Cut up, broken down.
at cut up, adj.1
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; Musical Extravaganza II iv: He floored me with a dab in the smellers.
at dab, n.2
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza II i: The prize cup which he had previously filled with daffy soup.
at daffy, n.1
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza 53: Dairy, a bosom.
at dairy, n.1
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza I i: Bill, what are you stopping at? What! Have I brought you all to a dead beat?
at deadbeat, n.
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza 53: Dealers in queer, passers of bad bills.
at dealer, n.
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; Musical Extravaganza I vi: He little knows what a deep one I am!
at deep, adj.
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza I vii: I know not whether more wamly to admire your astonishing judgment, or the spirit with which you fork out the dimmock.
at dimmock, n.1
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; Musical Extravaganza II iv: A third of a daffy, which I took vid dirty Suke, as I vished to be nutty upon her.
at dirty, adj.
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; Musical Extravaganza II iv: As prime a gay old dust as ever I came across.
at dust, n.
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza 53: Face-makers, fathers of bastards.
at face-maker (n.) under face, n.
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza I v: Little ragged boys in courts are flashing it, and flooring it. Brothers with their sisters’ heads are fibbing it, and boring it.
at flash it (v.) under flash, v.1
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza 54: In for it, bosky.
at in for (it), phr.
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza 53: Gaffing, low gambling.
at gaff, v.1
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; A Musical Extravaganza I viii: You are game to the backbone, Jerry.
at game, adj.1
[Ire] Tom And Jerry; Musical Extravaganza 53: Gammoning a maim, pretending to be hurt or crippled.
at gammon a maim (v.) under gammon, v.
[Ire] Tom and Jerry; A Musical Extravaganza I vi: It’s no go – he’s upknowing from head to tail.
at no go, phr.
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