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Paraemiologia Anglo-Latina or Proverbs choose

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[UK] J. Clarke Paraemiologia 102: A notable bang-pitcher.
at bang-pitcher (n.) under bang, v.1
[UK] J. Clarke Paraemiologia 245: A Lud-gate bird.
at Ludgate bird, n.
[UK] J. Clarke Paraemiologia 7: You bring your hogs to a wrong market.
at bring one’s hogs to a fair market (v.) under bring, v.
[UK] J. Clarke Paraemiologia 275: To scould like butter-wives.
at butter-whore (n.) under butter, n.1
[UK] J. Clarke Paraemiologia 54: To turn tayle and cry creake.
at cry (a) crack (v.) under cry, v.
[UK] J. Clarke Paraemiologia 239: Every mothers childe of you.
at every mother’s son, n.
[UK] J. Clarke Paraemiologia 270: Light finger’d [...] His fingers are lime-twigs.
at lime-twig, n.
[UK] J. Clarke Paraemiologia 54: A make-bate.
at make-bate (n.) under make, v.
[UK] J. Clarke Paraemiologia 30: Tom tell troth [...] An open man.
at tom tell-troth (n.) under tom, n.1
[UK] J. Clarke Paraemiologia 69: I care so much for it as a goose turd.
at turd, n.
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