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The Wife of Bath choose

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[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath I i: A Fig, say I, for that Conjurer.
at fig, a, n.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath I i: They claim the Title, Chicken, but ods-my-life, we always dispute the Power.
at chicken, n.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath I i: Slidikins! – Old, old! – pray do not measure my Corn with your Bushel, old dry Bones.
at dry-bone(s) (n.) under dry, adj.1
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath I i: I hope, the Rogue hath not begun at the fag end of the Ceremony.
at fag end, n.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath I i: You are a fine hoity toity Thing.
at hoity-toity, adj.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath I i: A most delicate Table – and a Brace, i’facking.
at i’fecks!, excl.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath I i: Ods-my-life, a downright Miracle of a Hand.
at ods my life! (excl.) under ods, n.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath I i: Show your shapes and walk gracefully.
at show one’s shapes (v.) under shape, n.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath I i: Look ye, Shaver, we will sometime or other enjoy our own Choice.
at shaver, n.1
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath I i: Show your shapes and walk gracefully.
at show one’s shapes (v.) under show, v.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath I i: A little of my Advice, Younker, would do you no harm.
at younker, n.
[UK] Pope Wife of Bath 213: To clear my Quail-pipe, and refresh my Soul, Full oft I drain’d the Spicy Nut-brown Bowl.
at quail pipe, n.
[UK] Pope Wife of Bath 215: The Clerk and I [...] We grew so intimate, I can’t tell how, I pawn’d my Honour and ingag’d my Vow, If e’er laid my Husband in his Urn, That he, and only he, shou’d serve my Turn.
at serve, v.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath (rev. edn) V vii: I don’t value your anger a rush.
at rush, a, n.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath (rev. edn) II iv: Their clacks are eternally a going.
at clack, n.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath (rev. edn) V i: In the instant she consents, you shall nick them slab-dash [sic] with the ceremony.
at slap-dash, adv.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath (rev. edn) V iii: Whatadickens, asleep!
at what the dickens!, excl.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath (rev. edn) I xiv: Idad, I believe the little runner would fain be adrift again.
at edad!, excl.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath (rev. edn) I iv: I came just in the nick! [...] unless they have begun at the fag-end of the ceremony.
at fag end, n.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath (rev. edn) V viii: You shall be hang’d – you dog – a blessing! a halter!
at halter, n.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath (rev. edn) I ix: The man hath his mare again.
at mare, n.1
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath (rev. edn) V vi: I thought to have found the old Put my guardian here.
at old put (n.) under put, n.1
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath (rev. edn) V iii: Gone! escap’d! Plague, thunder and combustion!
at thunder!, excl.
[UK] J. Gay Wife of Bath (rev. edn) II vii: For shame, Younker! going to bed!
at younker, n.
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