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Rosciad (1763) 15: Next came the treasurer of either house; One with full purse, t’other with not a sous.at not a sou (n.) under sou, n.
Rosciad (1763) 15: Next came the treasurer of either house; One with full purse, t’other with not a sous. Parody on the Rosciad 13: Like him I’m a blackguard and sot.at blackguard, n.
Parody on the Rosciad 27: Amongst her nymphs, the Cyprian Queen, / In grace surpassing all, is seen.at Cyprian, n.
Parody on the Rosciad 9: Fine doings! Will replies to Ned.at doings, n.1
Parody on the Rosciad 18: That powder’d, prating smock-faced booby.at smock-faced, adj.
Parody on the Rosciad 35: When the horse-t--d, pert and prim, / Exclaim’d – how well we apples swim!at horse apple (n.) under horse, n.
Parody on the Rosciad 43: Bride, Bridegroom, guests, and servants – hiss’d, / The Bard – a common case – bep-ss’d.at piss, v.
Parody on the Rosciad 35: But could old slyboots rise to view / Your heads, youre apish tricks, and you.at slyboots (n.) under sly, adj.
Parody on the Rosciad 54: Gold and apparel! what would Taff with these? at Taff, n.
Parody on the Rosciad 15: Convinc’d that W---n’s Tyburn face, / Would do great honour to the place.at Tyburn face (n.) under Tyburn, n.
letter 9 Feb. in Jenkins Churchill (2002) 356: F.E. has gone absolute Pussyfoot for a year. He drinks cider and ginger pop and looks ten years younger.at pussyfoot, adj.
Churchill 427: Such self-destructive pessimism (despite his ‘black dog’ periods of intermittent depression) was not in his nature.at black dog, n.2
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