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How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad choose

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[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act II: When didst thou see the starueling School-maister? That Rat, that Shrimp, that Spindle-shank [...] that bare Anatomy.
at anatomy, n.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act II: We swaggerers, That liue by oathes and big-mouth’d menaces.
at big-mouthed, adj.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act II: When didst thou see the starueling School-maister? That Rat, that Shrimp, that Spindle-shank, that Wren, that sheep-biter, that leane chittiface.
at sheep-biter (n.) under bite, v.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act I: What a block is that, To say, God saue you! is the fellow mad.
at block, n.1
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act I: O Asse, o Duns, o blockhead that hath left The plaine broad hie way.
at blockhead, n.1
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act III: ami.: My sweet Mary, not these drugges, Do send me to the Infernall bugges, But thy vnkindness. [...] yon. ar.: Hold man I say, what wil the mad man do.
at bugs, adj.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act I: iust.: Forward I pray, yet the case is plaine. old ar.. Ah sir as yet you do not know the case.
at case, n.1
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act V: I tooke you for a cutter [...] you are a common couzener.
at cutter, n.1
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act II: Now come lets dance the shaking of the sheets.
at dance the shaking of the sheets (without music) (v.) under dance, v.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad II iii: He that with greatest grace can swear Gog’s-zounds.
at gog, n.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act III: Ile tell my Mistris as soone as I come home, that Mistris light-heeles comes to dinner to morrow.
at light heels, n.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act IV: A huffing wench y’faith.
at huffing, adj.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act IV: Why, you Iacke sawce, you Cuckold you what-not.
at jack sauce (n.) under jack, n.1
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act II: I am expert in the lash.
at lash, n.1
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act III: She blusht & said that long tong’d men would tell.
at long-tongued, adj.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act III: I am, I marrie am I, that I am.
at marry!, excl.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act III: Ile tell my Mistris as soone as I come home, that Mistris light-heeles comes to dinner to morrow.
at Miss, n.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act IV: Why, you Iacke sawce, you Cuckold you what-not.
at what-not, n.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act II: When next I finde him here Ill hang him vp Like [...] That Stock-fish, that poore Iohn, that gut of men.
at poor john (n.) under poor, adj.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act II: When didst thou see the starueling School-maister? That Rat, that Shrimp, that Spindle-shank.
at rat, n.1
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act II: When didst thou see the starueling School-maister? That Rat, that Shrimp, that Spindle-shank.
at shrimp, n.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act III: Such an old snudge, he will not loose the droppings of his nose.
at snudge, n.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act II: When didst thou see the starueling School-maister? That Rat, that Shrimp, that Spindle-shank.
at spindleshanks, n.
[UK] J. Cooke How A Man May Choose A Good Wife From A Bad Act V: I will not part hence till I see him swing.
at swing, v.
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