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The Double-Dealer choose

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[UK] Congreve Double-Dealer IV v: O my precious aunt! I shall never thrive without I deal with the devil, or another woman.
at my aunt! (excl.) under aunt, n.
[UK] Congreve Double-Dealer III iii: There he’s secure from danger of a bilk, / His fare is paid.
at bilk, n.
[UK] Congreve Double-Dealer IV ii: Your blockheads, like poor needy scoundrels, are forced to examine their stock.
at blockhead, n.1
[UK] Congreve Double Dealer V ii: I have so contriv’d, that Mellefont will presently, in the Chaplain’s habit, wait for Cynthia in your Dressing-Room; but I have put the change upon her, that she may be otherwise employ’d.
at put the change on (v.) under change, n.
[UK] Congreve Double-Dealer II i: Remember I have a curtain lecture for you, you disobedient, headstrong brute!
at curtain lecture (n.) under curtain, n.
[UK] Congreve The Double-Dealer V iv: My wife! damnation! my hell!
at damnation!, excl.
[UK] Congreve Double-Dealer IV ii: No, the deuce take me if I can’t help laughing myself, ha! ha!
at deuce, the, phr.
[UK] Congreve Double-Dealer IV ii: Gadsbud, I’m transported!
at gadsbobs! (excl.) under gad, n.1
[UK] Congreve Double-Dealer I i: I’m weary of guzzling.
at guzzle, v.1
[UK] Congreve Double-Dealer V ii: Fool! sot! insensible ox!.
at ox, n.
[UK] Congreve Double-Dealer V iv: So, this was a pinch indeed.
at pinch, n.
[UK] Congreve Double-Dealer II i: I’ll rattle him up, I warrant you, I’ll firk him with a certiorari!
at rattle, v.
[UK] Congreve Double-Dealer II i: Sir Paul, have patience; let me alone to rattle him up.
at rattle off (v.) under rattle, v.
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