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[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Rustic Revel’ Poems (1804) 17: See what lasses we can pick up For our famous village kick-up.
at kick-up, n.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Rustic Revel’ Poems (1804) 17: See what lasses we can pick up For our famous village kick-up.
at pick up, v.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Rustic Revel’ Poems (1804) 23: Ralph Rattle, spunky fellow, / Raking round till he is mellow, / Rudely muttering and swearing.
at spunky, adj.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Rustic Revel’ Poems (1804) 17: Pious deacon would, no doubt, / Beat it into many a thick-head / That our junketing is wicked.
at thickhead, n.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Rustic Revel’ Poems (1804) 20: Sure Miss Airy dances topping, / Lighter than a cricket hopping.
at topping, adv.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Political Pepper-Pot’ Poems (1804) 67: Now England lends her powerful aid [...] And helps us out of many a bad box.
at in a box under box, n.1
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Political Pepper-Pot’ Poems (1804) 61: The poet, nimbly, trips it back / Over the Union courses rapid, / And squibs each Jacobinick saphead.
at sap-head, n.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Political Pepper-Pot’ Poems (1804) 69: Let [...] Neptune leave Miss Amphitrite, / And join the battle hoity-toity!
at hoity-toity!, excl.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Political Pepper-Pot’ Poems (1804) 61: The poet, nimbly, trips it back / Over the Union courses rapid, / And squibs each Jacobinick saphead.
at squib, v.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Political Pepper-Pot’ Poems (1804) 75: Bog-trotters, noted for bravadoes; / And vagabonds not worth a stiver.
at stiver, n.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Belgic War-Whoop’ Poems (1804) 12: Clump-headed Dutchman, why are you so stupid?
at thick-headed, adj.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Political Squib’ Poems (1804) 135: The Federal Bard, who erst bestow’d [...] a New-Year’s Ode, / Which critics, with sagacious noddle, / Affirm was built on Pindar’s model.
at noddle, n.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Canto II’ Poems 37: You may speechify fine, / And swear you will love till all’s blue, [...] But faith I’ll not spark it with you.
at till all is blue, phr.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘New-England Country-Dance’ Poems 59: Benny Bamboozle cuts the drollest capers, / Just like a camel, or a hippopot’mos.
at bamboozle, n.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Country Lovers’ Poems 104: His chin began to quiver, / He said, he felt so deuced droll, / He guess’d he’d lost his liver!
at deuced, adv.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Poetical Dialogue’ Poems 188: But sweet Miss Peggy, or Miss Pol, / Thou art a mighty pretty doll!
at doll, n.1
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Canto II’ Poems 33: The girls would have none of his fumbling, / But gave him the bag, with a slap.
at fumble, v.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Country Lovers’ Poems 94: At length came in the Deacon’s Sal / From milking at he barn, / And faith she is as good a gal / As ever twisted yarn.
at gal, n.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Canto II’ Poems 39: Our lover now feeling secure [...] Made horrid attempt, to be sure, / (If a body may say it,) to squeeze her; / But Tabby was terribly wroth / To think that he should get round her, / And snatched up a kettle of broth, / And knock’d him down flat as a flounder.
at get round, v.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Canto II’ Poems 38: Now just take the bag, do you see, / Then go hang yourself with a bridle.
at go hang...! (excl.) under hang, v.1
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Canto II’ Poems 33: The girls would have none of his fumbling, / But gave him the bag, with a slap.
at give someone the sack (v.) under sack, n.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Delicate Ditty’ Poems 163: I’ll even stop,/ And shut up shop [...] But would you wish / To taste a dish / Of stinking fish, / Go, read the songs of Little!
at shut up (one’s) shop (v.) under shop, n.1
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Country Lovers’ Poems 102: Next Sabbath-day we will be tied, / And have a taring wedding.
at tearing, adj.
[US] T.G. Fessenden ‘Country Lovers’ Poems 97: Call on me, when you come this way, / And take a dram of Yankee.
at yankee, n.1
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