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[UK] J. Oldham ‘Upon a Lady, who by overturning of a Coach, had her Coats behind flung up’ Poems 96: Not the bright Goddesses on high [...] Should they turn up to open view / All their immortal Tails, can shew / An Arse-ho-- so divine as you.
at arsehole, n.
[UK] J. Oldham ‘Upon a Lady, who by overturning of a Coach, had her Coats behind flung up’ Poems 92: My Heart, before averse to Love, / No longer could a Rebel prove; / When on the Grass you did display / Your radiant bum to my survey, / And sham’d the Lustre of the Day.
at bum, n.1
[UK] J. Oldham ‘A Satyr’ Poems 171: To the whole Tribe would scarce a Tester give. But fifty Guinnies for a Whore and Clap!
at clap, n.
[UK] J. Oldham ‘A Satyr’ Poems 174: Reduc’d to want, he in due time fell sick, Was fain to die, and be interr’d on tick.
at on tick under tick, n.3
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