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Wit and Mirth, or, Pills to Purge Melancholy choose

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[UK] ‘The Brewers Praise’ in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy (1719) III 24: When Smug unto the Forge doth come.
at smug, n.1
[UK] King Edward & Jane Shore D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy (1707) III 23: Naples Joan would make them Groan that ardently did love her, But Jane Shore, Jane Shore, King Edward he did Shove her.
at shove, v.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy (1719) I 187: Oh, Sisters, what shall we now do, / For all our young Bantlings we have but one Father.
at bantling, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey (1719) Pills to Purge Melancholy II 82: As fleet as my Feet, / Could convey me I sped, / To Johnny who many / Times Pussey had fed.
at pussy, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy IV 323: To the Tavern we went, / A Curse on the Place; / For her Love was so hot, / It soon fir’d my A—.
at ace, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy IV 323: To the Tavern we went, / A Curse on the Place; / For her Love was so hot, / It soon fir’d my A—.
at fire, v.1
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy IV 323: To the Tavern we went, / A Curse on the Place; / For her Love was so hot, / It soon fir’d my A-.
at hot, adj.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy III 213: I am rashly bent, To subject your Beauty To kind nature’s duty.
at nature’s duty (n.) under nature, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy II 165: As drunk as five Lords, and as poor as Job.
at drunk as (a)..., adj.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy III 269: What care I, what care I one Farthing.
at not care a farthing, v.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy II 118: Well, nothing comes on’t it, and I care not a Louse.
at not care a louse, v.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy V 73: Good Mrs. Tart, I caren’t a Fart.
at not care a fart, v.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy V 90: Poor Donald [...] lost his Place, Sir; For playing of a Game at Whisk, And turning up an Ace, Sir.
at ace, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy II 345: Well I’ll be again to School, Ads life a Player — Yet be such a Fool.
at adslife! (excl.) under ads, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy I 39: Ads niggs cries Sir Domini, Gemini Gomini .
at adsnigs! (excl.) under ads, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy II 119: Adzooks ’t has half made me wish I were a Man.
at adzooks!, excl.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy V 258: There lives an Ale-draper near New-palace-yard.
at ale-draper (n.) under ale, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy IV 177: And it hath been adjudged / As well by great as small, / That of all Pastimes none is like / To Up-tails all.
at up-tails-all, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy IV 113: Fall Back, or fall Edge, I never shall bound be, / To make Match with Tag-rag, and long-tail.
at rag, tag and bobtail, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy III 189: Ye Gods, she said, how oft he swore.
at ye gods (and little fishes)!, excl.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy V 71: Both Dutchmen and Scotchmen to London did ride, / With Shonny-ap-Morgan, and Thousands beside. [Ibid.] II 78: Shone ap Shinkin Rice ap Tavy, / Shentlemen kindred aw come away.
at Shinkin-ap-Morgan, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy V 70: No Night-walker presume to go without a White Apron and Handkerchief, the better to be seen.
at white apron (n.) under apron, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy V 284: Here’s a Health to the Tackers, my Boys, / But mine A[r]se for the Tackers about.
at my arse to...! (excl.) under arse, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy I 336: Joan next made hast, / In self same Case, / To fix the Pot close to her own A—.
at arse, n.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy IV 197: Then Satchel-arse Ciss, she went to P—.
at satchel-arsed, adj.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy III 28: Playing with her at Cuddle my cuddy.
at play (at) cuddle my cuddie (v.) under play (at)..., v.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy IV 123: Come play us Adam and Eve, says Dick.
at play at Adam and Eve (v.) under play (at)..., v.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy III 144: So Fellows if you’ll be drunk, / Of frailty it is a sin, / Or for to keep a punk, / Or play at In and In.
at play (at) in and in (v.) under play (at)..., v.
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy I 161: Then whilst my Capital’s my own, / I’ll make Peace, and save my Bacon.
at save one’s bacon (v.) under bacon, n.1
[UK] in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy IV 72: ’Tis a Fryer with a Bald-Head, / A Staff to beat a Cuckold Dead. [Ibid.] 196: If you will not let black Maggy alone, Beshrew she will take you by th’ Bald-Pate.
at bald-headed hermit (n.) under bald-headed, adj.
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