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Love and a Bottle choose

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[UK] 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.
[UK] Farquhar Love and a Bottle III ii: I sent for a couple of Bull-Dogs, and Arrested him.
at bulldog, n.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] Farquhar Love and a Bottle I i: Madam, how would you like to Cruise about a little?
at cruise, v.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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
[UK] Farquhar Love and a Bottle I i: Faugh – it makes me Sick.
at faugh!, excl.
[UK] 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
[UK] 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
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] Farquhar Love and a Bottle I i: Keep off your Paws.
at paw, n.
[UK] Farquhar Love and a Bottle I i: Here are some Pieces.
at piece, n.
[UK] Farquhar Love and a Bottle I i: The little Pigsnye has Mamma’s Mouth.
at pigsnyes, n.
[UK] Farquhar Love and a Bottle II ii: Every one of you that live by Dancing should die by Pushing, Sir.
at push, v.
[UK] Farquhar Love and a Bottle IV iii: I have shabb’d him off purely.
at shab off (v.) under shab, v.
[UK] 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
[UK] Farquhar Love and a Bottle II i: I’m quite starv’d. I’ll just take a snap.
at snap, n.1
[UK] 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.
[UK] Farquhar Love and a Bottle I i: Who throws away a Tester and a Mistress loses six-pence.
at tester, n.1
[UK] 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.
[UK] Farquhar Love and a Bottle II i: A Wench! a soft, white, easy, consenting Creature!
at wench, n.
[UK] 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.
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