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The Dragon of Wantley choose

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[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley I iii: By Jove! I’m blown. Zounds!
at blown, adj.
[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley II i: I’ll work his Buff, if ever I come near him.
at buff, n.1
[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley Ii i: D’ye laugh, you Minx! I’ll make you change your Note.
at change one’s note (v.) under change, v.
[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley II i: Why, what the Devil is the Woman doing!
at what the devil...?, phr.
[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley II i: My Duck! I will not stay.
at duck, n.1
[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley III i: Come, Mr. Dragon, or by Jove I’ll fetch you; / I’ll trim your Rascals Jacket, if I catch you.
at fetch, v.2
[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley II i: I’ll make you change your Note, / Or drive your grinning Grinders down your Throat.
at grinder, n.1
[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley I iii: By Jove! I’m blown. Zounds!
at by Jove! (excl.) under Jove, n.
[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley II i: Lauk, what a monstrous Tail our Cat has got!
at lawks!, excl.
[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley I iii: My Sweetest, / My Featest, / Compleatest, / And Neatest.
at neat, adj.
[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley II i: Once in a Solicitor’s Paw, / You never get out of his Clutches.
at paw, n.
[UK] H. Carey Dragon of Wantley III i: Come, Mr. Dragon, or by Jove I’ll fetch you; / I’ll trim your Rascals Jacket, if I catch you.
at trim someone’s jacket (v.) under trim, v.
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