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Love and Law choose

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[UK] 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.
[UK] M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: Blarney her cliverly, and work her to a foam against the M‘Brides.
at blarney, v.
[UK] M. Edgeworth Love and Law I i: They call me a beau and a buck, a slasher and a dasher.
at buck, n.1
[UK] 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.
[UK] M. Edgeworth Love and Law I i: Oh the boy of Ball’navogue! / Oh the dasher! oh the rogue!
at dasher, n.
[UK] M. Edgeworth Love and Law III i: Oh! the double-distilled villain!
at double-distilled (adj.) under double, adj.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] M. Edgeworth Love and Law I ii: I’ll engage I’ll compass Catty, tho’ she’s a cunning shaver.
at shaver, n.1
[UK] 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.
[UK] M. Edgeworth Love and Law I i: They call me a beau and a buck, a slasher and a dasher.
at slasher, n.1
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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
[UK] 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.
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