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The True Characters of a Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. choose

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[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 16: His Hungry Footmen, who are almost Famish’d for want of their promised Five Shillings a Week, to Procure them Belly-Timber.
at belly timber (n.) under belly, n.
[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 4: This Mushroom Brother of the Quill shall be destitute of Employment.
at brother of the quill (n.) under brother (of the)..., n.
[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 4: The Crop-Ear’d Brethren of Bands and Bugle Cuffs.
at brother (of the)..., n.
[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 3: Writing Bills, Bonds, and Acquittances from Presidents at the Fag-end of an Almanack.
at fag end, n.
[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 8: She [...] Prattles more than any at the Table against Sense, Antichrist, and her Husband, till a fat Gob of Mother Tripe and Mustard, puts her to Silence.
at gob, n.2
[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 11: At first he bowed towards the Altar, and now if their Worships are absent, to Goodman Webb, and Goodman Bland, and the best Yeomanry of the Parish.
at good man (n.) under good, adj.1
[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 12: The Almighty himself is in danger of being Blasphem’d, if the Metaphor-Monger had not the Art of bringing himself off, with a Limping, As it were, As I may so say.
at -monger, sfx
[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 4: This Mushroom Brother of the Quill shall be destitute of Employment.
at mushroom, n.
[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 3: Writing Bills, Bonds, and Acquittances [...] has made him Impudent enough, tho’ but a Pen-feathered Prig, to call himself an Attorney.
at prig, n.1
[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 7: Alone, she’s as Gamesome as a little Cat in a Corner, and will Tee-Hee at a Smutty Jest and be as Brisk and Obliging as the Rankest sinner.
at smutty, adj.
[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 3: He began to look toward the Law, by Soliciting for Criminals at the Quarter Sessions, where the Favour of his Master Justice, who went Snips in his fees, gave him the Reputation of a Man of Knowledge.
at go snip (v.) under snip, v.
[UK] True Characters of A Deceitful Petty-Fogger et al. 13: A Trimmer, or Jack of all Sides, Is a Will with a Whisp, a Man of no Principle, either of Honour or Conscience, any further than it squares with his Safety and Profit. [Ibid.] 15: If our Trimming Whig is a Man of Authority, he will Ruin you with Trust and Confidences.
at trimmer, n.1
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