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Dominie Deposed choose

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[UK] W. Forbes Dominie Deposed 5: If such things be done with speed, Their safe, ’tis help in time of need, No after claps.
at after-clap, n.
[UK] W. Forbes Dominie Deposed 13: Still girding at the barley juice, And oft gets drunk.
at barley, n.1
[UK] W. Forbes Dominie Deposed 14: For tarry-breeks should ay gae free.
at tarry-breeks, n.
[UK] W. Forbes Dominie Deposed 11: Faith you hae ca’d Your hogs unto a bonny market Indeed, my lad.
at bring one’s hogs to a fair market (v.) under bring, v.
[UK] W. Forbes Dominie Deposed 15: Lass will you lend me your loom? Or, sups of brandy, Or, gin the kirk wad let’s alane, Or houghmagandy.
at houghmagandy, n.
[UK] W. Forbes Dominie Deposed 5: When he committed all these tricks, For which he well deserv’d his licks, With red-coats he did intermix.
at licks, n.
[UK] W. Forbes Dominie Deposed 8: Alas! that ever my loom I lent That day to thee. Woe to the night I first began, To mix my moggans with the man.
at loom, n.
[UK] W. Forbes Dominie Deposed 8: O Dominie you’re dispossest, You have beshit your holy nest.
at nest, n.
[UK] W. Forbes Dominie Deposed 7: Thus for her maidenhead she moans [...] Her pitcher’s dashed against the stones, And broken at the last.
at pitcher, n.1
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