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[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon III i: Away you Baggage, hold your peace you Wretch.
at baggage, n.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon IV i: He was well bang’d, and knew not who it was did it.
at banged up, adj.1
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon I iv: I will not blab unto the World.
at blab, v.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon IV i: Come Iugg, let’s leave these sencelesse Blocks, Giving each other blowes and knocks.
at block, n.1
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon III i: Alas my Breech makes Buttons.
at one’s arse makes buttons (v.) under button, n.1
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon IV i: Now Miller, Miller, dustipole, I’ll clapper-claw your Iobbernoule.
at clapperclaw, v.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon IV i: I receiv’d it upon my bare Costard.
at costard, n.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon I i: A crew of Gallants came unto my House.
at crew, n.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon III i: Damned Strumpets, Authors of this woe.
at damned, adj.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon I iv: I am an old dog at it.
at old dog, n.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon V i: This two hours I have dogg’d the Parson round About all Croydon, doubtin some such thing.
at dog, v.1
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon I iv: You may do as other Millers do, grind your grist at home.
at grind, v.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon III i: My Head groweth hard, my Horns will shortly spring, Now who may lead the Cuckold’s dance but I?
at grow horns (v.) under horn, n.1
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon III i: And gentle Captain, be not offended, I was too hot at first, but now repent it.
at hot, adj.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon III i: Heard you not never how an actor’s wife, Whom he (fond fool) lov’d dearly as his life, Coming in’s way did chance to get a jape.
at jape, v.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon I iv: And now, sweet Ione, be it openly known thou art my own.
at joan, n.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon I iv: You may do as other Millers do, grind your grist at home, knock your coggs into your own Mill, you shall not cogg with her.
at mill, n.1
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon V i: She hath pepper’d me, I feel it work, My Teeth are loose, and my Belly swell’d, My Entrails burn with such distemper’d heat.
at pepper, v.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon IV i: Now Miller, Miller, dustipole, I’ll clapper-claw your Iobbernoule.
at poll, n.1
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon IV i: Whilst I go range amongst the Country maids.
at range, v.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon II i: Here’s some Cheer toward; I must be Skinker then.
at skinker, n.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon IV i: He was well bang’d, and knew not who it was did it.
at well, adv.1
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon I iv: There be as good Wenches as you be glad to pay.
at wench, n.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon IV i: All the Youth are now a nutting gone; Here are a crew of Yonkers in this Wood.
at younker, n.
[UK] ‘I.T.’ Grim The Collier of Croydon I iv: Zowndes, what a prating keeps the bald-pate Fryer?
at zounds!, excl.
[UK] Farmer Note-Book & Word-List in Five Anon. Plays 302: We have collated and collated [...] only to find ‘howlers’ in the printed sheet.
at howler, n.
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