1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: Corkeran the cooper’s bill, as long as my arm.at as long as one’s arm (adj.) under arm, n.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: Blarney her cliverly, and work her to a foam against the M‘Brides.at blarney, v.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I i: They call me a beau and a buck, a slasher and a dasher.at buck, n.1
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law II i: He is cunning enough, but I’m cuter nor he – I have him in my power.at cute, adj.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I i: Oh the boy of Ball’navogue! / Oh the dasher! oh the rogue!at dasher, n.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law III i: Oh! the double-distilled villain!at double-distilled (adj.) under double, adj.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I iv: No fear, I’ll not give up at law, or any way, to a M’Bride.at no fear!, excl.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: They have all rendezvous’d to drive me mad this day; but the only thing is to keep the head cool.at keep one’s head cool (v.) under head, n.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law III i: From a child up I never could stand to be advised for my good. See, I’d get hot and hotter, please your honour, till I’d bounce!at hot, adj.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law III i: He was the original cause of kicking up the riot.at kick up a riot (v.) under kick up, v.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law IIi i: I must warn and apprize you – that I am most remarkably clear-sighted; consequently there can be no thumb kissing with me, gentlemen.at kiss someone’s ring (v.) under kiss, v.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: Here’s bills plenty – long bills, and short bills – but even the kites, which I can fly as well as any man, won’t raise the wind for me now.at kite, n.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I v: The lock, mind now; not the key nor the bolt for your life, child, else you’d bolt your lady in, and there’d be my lady in Lob’s pound, and there’d be a pretty kettle of fish!at lob’s pound, n.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: Who’s rapping at the street? – Carver of Bob’s Fort himself, in all his glory this fair-day. See then how he struts and swells. Did ever a man, but a pacock, look so fond of himself with less rason.at peacock, v.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law II iii: They say, he [...] has lations of them that he lets out on the craturs’ cabins, to larn how many grains of salt every man takes with his little prates.at pratie, n.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: Here’s bills plenty – long bills, and short bills – but even the kites, which I can fly as well as any man, won’t raise the wind for me now.at raise the wind (v.) under raise, v.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I i: But, Phil, was not there something of this man’s being dismissed the courts for too sharp practice?at sharp, adj.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: I’ll engage I’ll compass Catty, tho’ she’s a cunning shaver.at shaver, n.1
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: What I’m dreading beyant all is, if ould Matthew M’Bride [...] should come this day to take out of my hands the two hundred pounds I’ve got of his – Oh, then I might shut up!at shut up, v.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I i: They call me a beau and a buck, a slasher and a dasher.at slasher, n.1
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: But what if he should smell a rat, and want to be looking into my affairs?at smell a rat (v.) under smell, v.
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: Touch Catty up about her ould ancient family, and all the Kings of Ireland she comes from.at touch up, v.1
1817 M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: When once you have cast or non-shuted your man in the courts, ’tis as good as winged him in the field.at wing, v.