1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle II i: It must be as private as Devotion. No blabbing, unless a squalling Brat peeps out to tell Tales.at blab, v.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle III ii: I sent for a couple of Bull-Dogs, and Arrested him.at bulldog, n.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle II ii: The moving a man’s Limbs pliantly does the business.at do the business (v.) under business, n.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle II i: The constant effects of debauching a Woman are, that she infallibly loves the Man for doing the business.at business, n.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle I i: ’Tis less Slavery to be Apprentice to a famous Clap-Surgeon, than to a Lover.at clap, n.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle I i: Madam, how would you like to Cruise about a little?at cruise, v.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle IV ii: Enter a Masque crossing the Stage. Ha! there’s a stately Cruiser; I must give her one chase.at cruiser, n.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle V ii: Tell me presently, where your Master is, Sirrah, or I’ll dust the secret out of your jacket.at dust, v.1
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle I i: His Education could reach no farther than to guzzle fat Ale, smoak Tobaco, and chop Logick.at guzzle, v.1
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle IV iii: How I shou’d laugh, to see how gravely his Goose-Caps fits upon a pair of Horns.at horn, n.1
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle III i: But an’t I an impudent Dog? Had I as much Gold in my Breeches, as Brass in my Face, I durst attempt a whole Nunnery.at nunnery, n.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle II i: By the Circumstances of my Body I shall soon be off or on with her.at off, prep.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle II ii: Every one of you that live by Dancing should die by Pushing, Sir.at push, v.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle IV iii: I have shabb’d him off purely.at shab off (v.) under shab, v.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle III i: Who wou’d imagine now that this young shaver cou’d dream of a Woman so soon?at shaver, n.1
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle III ii: You have almost crack’d my Thread of Life, as may appear by my Spindle-shanks.at spindleshanks, n.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle I i: Who throws away a Tester and a Mistress loses six-pence.at tester, n.1
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle IV ii: ’Sdeath! what a Coney-burrough’s here! The Trade goes swimmingly on. This is the great Empory of Lewdness.at trade, n.
1699 Farquhar Love and a Bottle II ii: Zoons is only us’d by the disbanded Officers and Bullies: but Zauns is the Beaux pronunciation.at zounds!, excl.