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[UK] N. Breton Pasquil’s Madcappe in Grosart (1879) I 7/2: The other minstrels may goe chew their cuddes.
at chew the cud, v.
[UK] N. Breton Pasquil’s Madcappe in Grosart (1879) I 8/1: The hobby-horse best fittes Maide-Marrian, / While greedy dogs may lick the dripping pan.
at dripping pan, n.
[UK] N. Breton Pasquil’s Madcappe in Grosart (1879) I 6/2: Sir John Lack-latine [...] After seruice falles to ale-house games, [...] He is not fit to gouerne in the Church.
at Sir John, n.
[UK] N. Breton Pasquil’s Madcappe in Grosart (1879) I 6/1: Who hath nor seen a logger-headed Asse.
at logger-headed (adj.) under loggerhead, n.
[UK] N. Breton Pasquil’s Madcappe in Grosart (1879) I 9: She may hap prooue as good as euer twangd.
at as good as ever twanged under twang, v.1
[UK] N. Breton I Would and Would not I in Grosart (1879) 7/1: To know my Game, and closely in the darke, To lay a barren-Doe vpon the ground.
at doe, n.1
[UK] N. Breton I Would and Would not I in Grosart (1879) 6/1: I would I were a Cuckold Wittall Asse, And car’d not who did mount my Hackney Saddle.
at mount, v.1
[UK] N. Breton I Would and Would not I in Grosart (1879) 6/1: I would I were a Cuckold Wittall Asse, And car’d not who did mount my Hackney Saddle.
at saddle, n.
[UK] N. Breton I Would and Would not I in Grosart (1879) 6/1: I would I were a Cuckold Wittall Asse, And car’d not who did mount my Hackney Saddle.
at wittol, n.
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