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The Beau’s Duel choose

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[UK] S. Centlivre Beau’s Duel III i: Rat this Blockhead, what a Metamorphosis is here; ’tis well I fell upon my Cloak, or I had daub’d all my Cloaths, blister me.
at blister, v.
[UK] S. Centlivre Beau’s Duel IV i: But is my Uncle so hot upon Matrimony, say you?
at hot for (adj.) under hot, adj.
[UK] S. Centlivre Beau’s Duel IV i: Odsflesh, had I been there, this had not happened.
at odsflesh! (excl.) under ods, n.
[UK] S. Centlivre Beau’s Duel III i: He’ll make a swinging Jointure.
at swinging, adj.1
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