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[UK] ‘The Parson’s Clerk’ London Songster 24: And all week, I don’t know how, / At singing of glees he made a row, [...] And got as drunk as ‘Davy’s sow’.
at drunk as David’s sow, adj.
[UK] ‘L.A.W.—LAW!’ London Songster 14: The judge [...] advises you not to make breaches / In L.A.W.—Law. / Nor play the game of see-saw / With meat for another man’s maw.
at play (at)..., v.
[UK] ‘L.A.W—LAW!’ London Songster 11: The Big Wigs to settle the strife, / Plunge you and the husband in Law.
at bigwig, n.
[UK] ‘L.A.W.—LAW!’ in London Songster 10: Misery, toil and trouble, / Make up the hubble bubble.
at hubble-bubble, n.
[UK] ‘L.A.W—LAW!’ London Songster 11: If you’re a Johnny Raw, Lord how they will clapper and claw.
at clapperclaw, v.
[UK] ‘Sammy Simpleton’ London Songster 19: With two small dice, he in a trice / Von every mag, by gole.
at by goll! (excl.) under goll, n.2
[UK] ‘L.A.W — LAW!’ in London Songster 10: While the counsel loudly jaw, J,A,W — Jaw / Is a very great thing in the Law.
at jaw, v.1
[UK] ‘L.A.W — LAW!’ London Songster 14: The judge [...] advises you not to make breaches / In L.A.W — Law. / Nor play the game of see-saw / With meat for another man’s maw.
at maw, n.
[UK] ‘The Time of Day’ London Songster 21: My hat cock’d awry, my Brutus to display, / Clappd quiz glass to my eye.
at quiz, n.
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