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[US] ‘Q.K. Philander Doesticks’ Plu-ri-bus-tah 126: Then, at once, squared off at Cuffee, / Instantly ‘sailed into’ Cuffee; / And he whaled away at Cuffee.
at whale away, v.
[US] ‘Q.K. Philander Doesticks’ Plu-ri-bus-tah 85–6: You shall there be met by swindlers, Shoulder-hitters, baggage smashers, And all kinds of shameless rascals.
at baggage-smasher (n.) under baggage, n.
[US] ‘Q.K. Philander Doesticks’ Plu-ri-bus-tah 126: Then, at once, squared off at Cuffee, / Instantly ‘sailed into’ Cuffee; / And he whaled away at Cuffee.
at cuffy, n.
[US] ‘Q.K. Philander Doesticks’ Plu-ri-bus-tah 131: Calling him ‘my love,’ before folks, / When she got him in the bedroom, / And the door was closed behind them, / She was ‘some’ on curtain-lectures.
at curtain lecture (n.) under curtain, n.
[US] ‘Q.K. Philander Doesticks’ Plu-ri-bus-tah 126: Then, at once, squared off at Cuffee, / Instantly ‘sailed into’ Cuffee; / And he whaled away at Cuffee.
at square off, v.1
[US] ‘Q.K. Philander Doesticks’ Plu-ri-bus-tah 180: Murphy held the painted pasteboards; / One by one he slowly dealt them.
at pasteboard, n.
[US] ‘Q.K. Philander Doesticks’ Plu-ri-bus-tah 69: Then again, like rowdy ‘Suckers,’ / ‘Sailing in,’ without regard to / Any of the laws of ‘Fancy.’ [Ibid.] 126: Then, at once, squared off at Cuffee, / Instantly ‘sailed into’ Cuffee; / And he whaled away at Cuffee.
at sail in (v.) under sail, v.1
[US] ‘Q.K. Philander Doesticks’ Plu-ri-bus-tah 131: Calling him ‘my love,’ before folks, / When she got him in the bedroom, / And the door was closed behind them, / She was ‘some’ on curtain-lectures.
at some, adj.
[US] ‘Q.K. Philander Doesticks’ Plu-ri-bus-tah 113: [pic. caption] Spondulicks, or ye Tin.
at spondulics, n.
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