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The Shepherd’s Week choose

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[UK] J. Gay Shepherd’s Week 2nd Pastoral 16: In milling Days when I my Thresher heard, With nappy Beer I to the Barn repair’d.
at nappy (ale), n.
[UK] J. Gay Shepherd’s Week 1st Pastoral 5: My Blouzelinda is the blithest Lass.
at blouzelinda, n.
[UK] J. Gay Shepherd’s Week 1st Pastoral 4: Lo yonder Cloddipole, the blithsome Swain, The wisest Lout of all the neighbouring Plain.
at clodpoll, n.
[UK] J. Gay Shepherd’s Week 1st Pastoral 4: Hold, witless Lobbin Clout.
at clout, n.5
[UK] J. Gay ‘4th Pastoral’ Shepherd’s Week 37: He wist not when the hempen String I drew.
at hempen cravat (n.) under hempen, adj.
[UK] J. Gay Shepherd’s Week 1st Pastoral 10: Sun-Beams bright [...] gild the Thatch of Goodman Hodges’ Barn.
at hodge, n.
[UK] J. Gay The Shepherd’s Week 5th Pastoral 42: Gillian of Croydon well thy Pipe can play.
at jill, n.1
[UK] J. Gay Shepherd’s Week 3rd Pastoral 22: At wakes where Joan and Hodge rejoice.
at joan, n.
[UK] J. Gay Shepherd’s Week 4th Pastoral 31: I rue the Day [...] When Lubberkin to Town his Cattle drove.
at lubber, n.
[UK] J. Gay Shepherd’s Week 1st Pastoral 10: Forbear, contending Louts, give o’er your Strains, An Oaken Staff each merits for his Pains.
at oaken towel, n.
[UK] J. Gay Shepherd’s Week 5th Pastoral 48: There secretly I’ve hid my worldly Pelf.
at pelf, n.
[UK] J. Gay Shepherd’s Week 6th Pastoral 59: The Squire who fought on bloody stumps.
at stumps, n.
[UK] J. Gay Shepherd’s Week 4th Pastoral 38: Hobnelia’s not bewray’d, Nor shall she crown’d with Willow die a Maid.
at wear (the) willow (v.) under wear, v.1
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