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A Disputation between a Hee-cony-catcher and a Shee-cony-catcher choose

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[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 27: Some cowardly knaves, that for feare of the gallowes leave nipping and foysting, become crosbites; knowing there is no danger therein but a little punishment, at most the pillory, and that is saved with a little unguenteum aureum.
at unguentum aureum, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 31: Hee was strangely washt a late by a French Barbar, and had all the haire of his face miraculously shaued off by the Sythe of Gods vengeance.
at barber, n.1
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher in Grosart (1881–3) X 83: The Gripes and the Baukers are confederate, and their fortune at play euer sorts according as the Gripes haue placed their bets, for the Bawker he marketh how the laies goes, and so throes his casting.
at bawker, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 5: They haue their Ruffians to rifle, when they cannot fetch ouer with other cunning, their crosbiters attending vpon them, their foysts, their bufts, their nippes, and such like.
at buft, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 10: Truth if fortune so fauour thy husband, that hee be neither smoakt nor cloyed, for I am sure all they brauery comes by his Nipping, Foysting, and lifting.
at cloy, v.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 41: The creeping Law of petty theeues that rob about the Suburbes.
at creeping law, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 37: In [...] creeping, I mean where men and women do robbe together.
at creeping, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 27: Some cowardly knaves, that for feare of the gallowes leave nipping and foysting, become crosbites; knowing there is no danger therein but a little punishment, at most the pillory.
at crossbite, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 27: Though you can foyst, nyp, prig, lift, courbe, and vse the blacke Art, yet you cannot crosbite without the helpe of a woman.
at curb, v.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher in Grosart (1881–3) X 169: One of the Conning Nippes about the Towne, came vnto a poore Cutler to haue a Cuttle made [...] and not aboue three inches would hee haue both the knife and the haft in length.
at cuttle, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 38: [They] crye out when they dine with Duke Humfrey, Oh what wickednes comes from whoores.
at dine with Duke Humphrey (v.) under dine, v.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 28: Tush you men are foppes in fetching nouices ouer the coales.
at fetch over the coals (v.) under fetch, v.1
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 10: Cyrces had neuer more charms [...] the Syrens more subtil tunes, then I haue crafty slightes to inueagle a Conny, and fetch in a country Farmer.
at fetch, v.1
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher in Grosart (1881–3) X 163: The fine Foole-taker himselfe, with one or two more of that companie, were not long after apprehended. [...] A notable knave, who for his cunning deceiving a Gentleman of his purse scorned the name of a Conny-catcher, and would needes be termed a Fooletaker, as master and beginner of that new found Arte.
at fool-taker (n.) under fool, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 38: Looke into the Spittles and Hospitalles, there you shall see men diseased of the French Marbles.
at French marbles (n.) under French, adj.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 23: My gentle Foyst, who makyng good cheere, was so eager of his game, that he would straight to bedde by the leaue of dame Bawde.
at game, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 72: I remoued my lodging, and gat mee into one of those houses of good hospitalitie whereunto persons resort, commonly called a Trugging house, or to be plaine, a whore house.
at house, n.1
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 41: The Iugging Law, wherein I will set out the disorders at Nyneholes and Ryfling.
at jugging law, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 41: The stripping Lawe, wherein I will lay open the lewde abuses of sundry Iaylors in England.
at stripping law, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 71: I had not liued long with him, ere he seeing my light behauiour, left mee to the world, and the shift for my selfe.
at light, adj.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 29: My faire daughter was hit on the master vaine and gotten with childe.
at hit on the master vein (v.) under master vein, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 5: They haue their Ruffians to rifle, when they cannot fetch ouer with other cunning, their crosbiters attending vpon them, their foysts, their bufts, their nippes, and such like.
at nip, n.1
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher in Grosart (1881–3) X 173: This fellow he had heard to be one of the finest Nippers about the towne.
at nipper, n.1
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 12: There haue a curious eye to the person [...] and note, either where his boung lyes, whether in his hoase or pockets, and then dogge the partie into a presse where his staule with heuing and shouing shall so molest him.
at party, n.1
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 38: I dare scarce speake of Bridewell because my shoulders tremble at the name of it, yet looke but in there, and you shall heare poore men with their handes in their Piggen hoales crye, Oh fie vpon whoores, when Fouler giues them the terrible lash.
at pigeonhole, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 14: Then in faith put vp your pipes, and giue mee leaue to speake.
at put up one’s pipes (v.) under pipes, n.1
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 28: [She] was acquainted with Dutch and French, Italian and Spaniard, as wel as English, and at last, as so often the Pitcher goes to the brooke that it comes broken home, my faire daughter was hit on the master vein and gotten with childe.
at pitcher, n.1
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 37: They say the Poxe came from Naples, some from Spaine, some from France, but wheresoeuer it first grew, it is so surely rooted now in England .
at pox, n.1
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 11: The cunningest Foyst, Nip, Lift, Pragge, or whatsoever that lives at this day.
at prag, n.
[UK] Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher (1923) 27: Though you can foyst, nyp, prig, lift, courbe, and vse the blacke Art, yet you cannot crosbite without the helpe of a woman.
at prig, v.2
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