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[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! II i: violante: Ha! Exceedingly merry! Had you treats and balls? lissardo: Oh! Yes, yes, Madam, several!
at balls, n.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! III iii: So, they are all for the ring, but I shall bob them.
at bob, v.1
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! I iii: What say you, my charmer? Shall we breakfast together?
at charmer, n.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! II i: My chops water for a kiss, they do, Flora.
at chops, n.1
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! V ii: Damn your pipe, Sir. I won’t smoke, I hate tobacco.
at damn, v.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! V ii: A deuce take your quarrels, she’ll never think on me.
at deuce, the, phr.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! II i: ’Egad, methinks I have a very pretty hand, and very white, and the shape!
at egad!, excl.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! III iii: Rascal, speak without hesitation, and the truth too, or I shall stick my spado in your guts.
at gut, n.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! III iii: Don’t think to coax me. Hang your kisses.
at hang, v.1
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! III iii: My stars, my lady here!
at my stars!, excl.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! I i: Ods, if I had you alone, housewife, I’d show you how fond I could be.
at ods, n.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! III iii: Was ever man thus plagued? Odsheart, I could swallow my dagger for madness.
at ods heart! (excl.) under ods, n.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! II i: Odso, Madam, I ask your pardon, is it to me, or to the ring, you direct your discourse, Madam?
at odso! (excl.) under ods, n.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! II i: Balls, Madam! Odslife, I ask your pardon, Madam!
at ods my life! (excl.) under ods, n.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! II i: A piss on’t! I hate to be interrupted.
at piss!, excl.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! V iii: A pox take his fists!
at pox take —! (excl.) under pox, n.1
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! V iii: I wish you much joy of your rib.
at rib, n.1
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! I iii: ’Sdeath! Rascal, speak without hesitation.
at ’sdeath!, excl.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! IV i: Your mother! by St. Anthony, she’s a strapper; why, you are a dwarf to her.
at strapper, n.
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! I ii: What, do you top your second-hand jests upon your father, hussy, who knows better what’s good for you than you do yourself?
at top, v.1
[UK] S. Centlivre Wonder! III iii: Zounds, she here!
at zounds!, excl.
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