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The Gypsey of the Glen choose

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[UK] B.M. Carew Gypsey of the Glen I i: Cupid has nailed my heart to my back, like a bad shilling to a huckster’s counter.
at bad shilling (n.) under bad, adj.
[UK] B.M. Carew Gypsey of the Glen I iii: Be charitable, and put your fangs into your bungs, and throw us a croaker – All of us poor cripples.
at bung, n.1
[UK] B.M. Carew Gypsey of the Glen I iii: Be charitable, and put your fangs into your bungs, and throw us a croaker – All of us poor cripples.
at croaker, n.2
[UK] B.M. Carew Gypsey of the Glen I iii: Be charitable, and put your fangs into your bungs, and throw us a croaker – All of us poor cripples.
at fang, n.
[UK] B.M. Carew Gypsey of the Glen II i: I know you Scotchmen like the goldfinches. Ah, her father is pretty warm, I can tell you.
at goldfinch (n.) under gold, adj.
[UK] B.M. Carew Gypsey of the Glen I i: Not a knave can be hanged, but you grown at hemp-seed.
at hemp’s grown for you, the under hemp, n.
[UK] B.M. Carew Gypsey of the Glen I iii: Well done, legs! Stay here, my lads, and let us breath awhile.
at leg, n.
[UK] B.M. Carew Gypsey of the Glen I iii: We can never return again to Tiverton – the cry is up, and we must push for London.
at push, v.
[UK] B.M. Carew Gypsey of the Glen I iii: Run your thick heads into halters.
at thick, adj.
[UK] B.M. Carew Gypsey of the Glen II i: I know you Scotchmen like the goldfinches. Ah, her father is pretty warm, I can tell you.
at warm, adj.
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