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[UK] Southey letter to Thomas Lamb in Letters (1856) I 1: The name of Tom Lamb made the coachee my friend.
at coachy, n.
[UK] Southey letter to Thomas Lamb 3 Apr. Letters (1856) I 19: Poor Anax! he was quite scaly before his departure, but is now recovering apace.
at scaly, adj.
[UK] in Southey Life and Correspondence I (1850) 245: I cannot take a house till my finances will suffer me to furnish it; and for this I depend upon my Madoc, to which [...] I shall apply with assiduity, always remembering John Doe and Richard Roe.
at John Doe, n.
[UK] in Southey Letters 1 (1856) 149: Pray do not cag Horne Took [sic] for the sake of the debates [EDD].
at cag, v.
[UK] Southey letter to Miss Barker 3 Mar. Letters (1856) I 268: A supper so hearty that it gave him a sad belly-ache .
at belly-ache, n.
[UK] Southey letter 30 Dec. Letters (1856) II 315: I have written to Bedford to learn what mids of the Victory fell in that action.
at middy, n.
[UK] Southey letter to Mrs Southey 18 July Letters (1856) II 284: A new manufactory of a nectar, between soda-water and ginger-beer, and called pop, because ‘pop goes the cork’ when it is drawn.
at pop, n.1
[UK] Southey letter 18 May Life and Correspondence III (1850) 341: W- and C-, I doubt not, ratted upon the Catholic question because they expected the Prince [...] would eject Perceval.
at rat, v.2
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