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[UK] St James’s Register 13: You [i.e. a deserted woman] can’t bear the Loss of your Arbor Vitae.
at arbor vitae, n.
[UK] St James’s Register 21: [She] could not bear to see a Bit escape her.
at bit, n.1
[UK] St James’s Register 5: [I am an] Admirer of an English Commodity.
at commodity, n.
[UK] St James’s Register 13: Did never any poor Woman lose her Play-thing before?
at ladies’ plaything (n.) under lady, n.
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