Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Quotation search

Date

 to 

Country

Author

Source Title

Source from Bibliography

The Night-Walker choose

Quotation Text

[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker III i: You blocke head.
at blockhead, n.1
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker Act IV: She’s up to’th eares in Law; I doe so whirle her to the Counsellors chambers, And back againe, and bounce her for more money.
at bounce, v.1
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker III i: A day or two hence, may be wee’le cracke a quart yet.
at crack a bottle (v.) under crack, v.2
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker IV i: I have lodg’d A crew of the most ranke and desperate villains.
at crew, n.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker IV i: Ile ring when I am dead drunke.
at dead, adv.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker I i: Such a dainty Doe.
at doe, n.1
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker IV i: Give me the bottle, I can drinke like a Fish now.
at drink like a fish (v.) under drink, v.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker II i: Tis the Devill [...] Sure he farts fire.
at fart, v.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker IIi i: Buy an honorable halter, and hang they selfe.
at halter, n.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker I i: He is a trim youth to be tender of, hempe take him.
at hemp, n.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker I i: I am hot with wine.
at hot, adj.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker II i: De’e bring your Gillians hither.
at jill, n.1
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker IV i: My Master stayes, I doubt his lime-twigges catch not.
at lime-twigs, n.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker Act V: Sirra watchman, You rugamuffin, turne you louzie beares skinne.
at lousy, adj.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker I i: Why should that mouldy Cobler Marry his daughter to a wealthy Merchant [...] is this good justice?
at mouldy, adj.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker I i: Oh you’d be nibling with her.
at nibble, v.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker I i: Ye take heede A keener justice does not overtake thee, And catch you in a Nooze.
at noose, the, n.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker Act V: Farewell Tom, commend me to thy Polcat.
at polecat, n.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker II i: We may make Such noise ith carriage we may be snap’d.
at snap, v.
[UK] Fletcher The Night-Walker I i: wil.: I am her kinsman [...] Yet honest Franke, before I would have that stinkard, That walking rotten tombe, enjoy her maidenhead... fr.: Prethee leave mocking.
at stinker, n.1
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker IV i: Lets have a fire at thy house, A good fire [...] I am stone cold.
at stone, adv.
[UK] Fletcher Night-Walker IIi i: Sam the Butler’s true, the Cooke a reverend Trojan.
at Trojan, n.
no more results