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[UK] R. Brome A Novella III i: My Don / My hot Goat-liver’d Diego.
at don, n.
[UK] R. Brome A Novella IV ii: He takes him for the Dutch loggerhead / We saw to day in the Piazzo.
at Dutch, adj.2
[UK] R. Brome A Novella V i: Hee could not weare those Cloaths and speake no Dutch else.
at Dutch, n.1
[UK] R. Brome A Novella V i: You say that this is a Dutchman sir, that wrong’d you.
at Dutchman, n.
[UK] R. Brome A Novella III i: Signor you must not gripe nor grope here.
at grope, v.
[UK] R. Brome A Novella III i: This Hans has snapt her; / The Dutch man carries her from your great claime.
at Hans, n.
[UK] R. Brome A Novella IV ii: He takes him for the Dutch loggerhead / We saw to day in the Piazzo.
at loggerhead, n.
[UK] R. Brome A Novella IV ii: Shee was his own Church-sure before I left ’em, / And he has made her Cock-sure, sir by this time, / Or else he is a Bungler.
at make, v.
[UK] R. Brome A Novella I ii: Who else, you Rat?
at rat, n.1
[UK] R. Brome Novella I i: A young man shall not shortly venture to / A vaulting Schoole for feare he jumpe in the / Same sadle with his Father.
at saddle, n.
[UK] R. Brome A Novella III i: What make you here i’th’ Smock-Faire, precious Mistris?
at smock fair (n.) under smock, n.1
[UK] R. Brome A Novella IV i i: nic.: This is the Gentleman. pi.: ’Tis the proud Braches whiske!
at whisk, n.1
[UK] R. Brome A Novella V i: I saw him ride the wooden horse, last day / With lesse then halfe this beard.
at wooden horse (n.) under wooden, adj.
[UK] R. Brome A Novella III i: This Alinanie is a younker that would marry her.
at younker, n.
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