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[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 86: Then Nic. lolled out his tongue, and turned up his bum to him; which was as much as to say, kiss -----.
at kiss my arse!, excl.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 118: You may kiss my backside if you please.
at backside, n.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 106: Nic. had bambouzled John a while about the 18,000 and 28,000.
at bamboozle, v.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 73: There are a sort of fellows they call banterers and bamboozlers, that play such tricks.
at bamboozler (n.) under bamboozle, v.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 76: The yearly income of what is mortgaged to those usurers would discharge Hocus’s bills, and give you a bellyfull of law for all your life.
at bellyful (n.) under belly, n.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 22: John had not run a madding so long, had it not been for an extravagant bitch of a wife.
at bitch, n.1
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 69: and I, not being used to such heady stuff, got bloody drunk.
at bloody, adv.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 120: Then, of a sudden bolting into the room, he began to tell them.
at bolt, v.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 123: At last Esquire South buckled to, to assist his friend Nic.
at buckle down (v.) under buckle, v.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 14: The two chief were, (*The English) John Bull the clothier and (*The Dutch) Nic. Frog the linen draper.
at John Bull, n.1
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 45: A bundle of monstrous lies.
at bundle, n.1
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 27: Your tailor, instead of shreds, cabbages whole yards of cloth.
at cabbage, v.1
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 23: John was not so clod-pated.
at clod-pated, adj.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 22: His neighbour tradesman began to shun his company as a man that was cracked.
at cracked, adj.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 125: B’uy, b’uy, Nic. not one poor smile at parting; won’t you shake your day-day, Nic?.
at day-day under day, n.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 37: [He] says, he did us a great deal of honour to board with us; huffs and dings at such a rate.
at ding, v.1
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 103: Thou art a damn’d dog.
at dog, n.2
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 60: What’s that to you, Gundy-guts (quoth Peg).
at gundiguts, n.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 97: My blood chills about my heart at the thought of these rogues, with their bloody hands grabbling in my guts.
at gut, n.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 126: Now hang me if I don’t think you are a parcel of perjur’d rascals.
at hang me! (excl.) under hang, v.1
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 97: Hang it, for once I’ll trust my friends.
at hang it (all)! (excl.) under hang, v.1
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 27: Your brewer sells you hog-wash.
at hogwash, n.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 68: Our affairs, honey, are in a bad condition.
at honey, n.1
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 75: The squirters were at it with their kennel water.
at at it under it, n.1
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 60: John would jeer her. ‘What think you of my sister Peg (says he) that faints at the sound of an organ, and yet will dance and frisk at the noise of a bag-pipe?’ ‘What’s that to you, Gundy-guts (quoth Peg), every body’s to chuse their own musick.’.
at what’s it to you?, phr.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 101: There are indeed two or three troublesome nurses, that [...] will never let me have a quiet night’s rest with knocking me up.
at knock up, v.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 121: Thou shalt have a lumping penny-worth.
at lumping pennyworth, n.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 22: Fellows of a low genius, poor grovelling mechanicks.
at mechanic, n.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 46: There was an old grudge between her and Sir Roger, whom she mortally hated.
at mortal, adv.
[Scot] J. Arbuthnot Hist. of John Bull 77: I was for five years often drunk, always muddled.
at muddled, adj.
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