1675 Head Art of Wheedling 189: Though she hath broken her leg, she is sound enough for a Drawer, newly out of his time, who, having credit for wine, his house is furnished with the money that did set his wife’s broken leg.at break a leg, v.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling n.p.: Have a care of a quarrel, and bringing the Alsatians about your ears.at Alsatian (n.) under Alsatia, n.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 311: Now and then some Cracking Sempstress, or Free Trader [...] have the ill hap to be Confined within this stony Band box.at bandbox, n.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 167: He knows how to single her out [...] and give her her bellyful of toying.at bellyful (n.) under belly, n.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 111: By these Artifices he assuredly helps her [...] and is well satisfied for dealing with such rotten Commodities.at commodity, n.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 254: He [a shop-keeper] takes special care of not letting Coneyes burrough in his Shop-book, knowing ’twill be hard ferretting them out again.at cony, n.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 204: He [...] cries, Damme, Madam, were you but sensible of the Passion I have for you.at damme!, excl.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 147: Would it not be ridiculous instead of ammorous courtship to entertain a young Lady with School-boy questions, as what is Latin for a Dripping-pan.at dripping pan, n.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 57: He carries perpetually about him a Catalogue of all the Whores [...] ranking them into three Columes apart; and thus distinguished: the Flamer, Frisker, and Wast-coateer.at flamer, n.1
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 150: An impertinent person, eagerly discoursing the conduct of some amorous Female Conquests, as the Wife of Mr. Fribble.at fribble, n.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 57: He carries perpetually about him a Catalogue of all the Whores [...] ranking them into three Columes apart; and thus distinguished: the Flamer, Frisker, and Wast-coateer.at frisk, v.1
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 197: He strains himself to the utmost, to be accounted a notable Head-piece, and scatters his wits as Beggars do Lice.at head-piece, n.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 189: She shows her willingness to be undrest, and cares not how soon, so she may be assured her pleasure is not greater than her profit; to that end she leaves her Honey-pot sometimes uncovered.at honeypot, n.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 181: These generous Guests not coming to the house as they were wont, makes the poor Vintner run horn-mad, swearing for the loss of his money.at horn-mad, adj.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 250: Our Saint that hath all the Tricks of a Tavern or Tipling-house.at tippling-house, n.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 323: These men, who have laid up their Estates in Lavender, that they may the more freely follow their Recreation.at lay (up) in lavender, v.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 280: He had variety of knights of the Post at his command.at knight of the post, n.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 205: When he intends to go on the Pad, then Inns some time before are the chief places whither he resorts, to get information.at on the pad under pad, n.1
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 282: [They] such as padd on the Road, though the Robbery be not twenty shillings, shall be hanged.at pad, v.1
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 177: First he pitches on that Tavern in which he never drank before.at pitch on (v.) under pitch, v.
1675 Head Art of Wheedling 202: He will venture his money among those of his own profession, and then cheat that cheat can; these of late are called Rats [...] the winner then according to the term of Art, says, he hath bit of such a Rats tail.at rat, n.1