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[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 168: The Box-keeper shall walk off [...] whilst your Antagonist shall put the change upon you, or make use of his own Jack-in-the-box.
at jack in a box, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue n.p.: [as cit. 1612].
at bing a waste, v.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 47: Abram, Naked.
at abram, adj.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 47: Abram Cove, A Tatter demallion.
at abram-man, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 52: Tip the Cole to Adam Tyler, Give what money you pocket-pickt to the next party, presently.
at adam tiler, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 44: Having sufficiently warmed our brains with humming Liquor [...] we then sing a catch or two in our own Language. [Ibid.] 57: A Cup of double-brew’s Beer was sold, notable huming geer [sic].
at humming ale, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 382: A Game at In and In; Throw In and In but ten times, and you win.
at in-and-out, n.1
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 38: Hookers, (alias) Anglero.
at angler, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue.
at aphrodisiacal tennis court, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 128: She would have clasped me in her Arms; but I hung an arse, being sensible of the stinking condition that the fear had put me in.
at hang an arse under arse, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 47: Autem Mort, A married Woman.
at autem mort (n.) under autem, adj.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 47: Autem, A Church.
at autem, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 39: The rest in order thus [...] Bawdy-Baskets, Autem-Morts, Doxies.
at bawdy-basket (n.) under bawdy, adj.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 156: I have wondred often why Doggs will bark incessantly at the sight of a Tinker, Pedlar, Tom-a-Bedlam.
at Tom of Bedlam, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 50: Libedge, A Bed.
at lib-beg, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 47: Belly cheat, An Apron.
at belly cheat (n.) under belly, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 45: The bien Cove hath the loure.
at bene cove (n.) under bene, adj.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 45: Bing out bien Morts, and toure and toure.
at bene mort (n.) under bene, adj.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 47: Benshiply, very well.
at beneshiply (adv.) under beneship, adj.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 45: [as cit. 1612].
at beneship, adj.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 47: Betty, an instrument to break a door.
at betty, n.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 45: Bing out bien Morts, and toure, and toure, / Bing out bien Morts, and toure.
at bing, v.1
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 64: Butchers have jolly handsome Wives [...] make choice of a fine young plump bit for themselves.
at bit, n.1
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 47: Bite the Peter or Roger, Steal the Portmantle or Cloak-bag.
at bite, v.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 186: It is called a black Dog, with Queen Elizabeth’s Head thereon, which is only Pewter double washed.
at black dog, n.1
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 366: I gathered my Rose-buds the first night, lest the infectious and contagious breath of some one Suburbicarian should blast them.
at blast, v.1
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 47: Bleating cheat, A Sheep.
at bleating cheat (n.) under bleat, v.
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 363: But at last [...] I boarded her, and made her lawful prize.
at board, v.1
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 232: The remembrance of those three Bog-trotters converted the hot fit of my amorous Fever into a cold one.
at bogtrotter (n.) under bog, n.3
[Ire] Head Eng. Rogue I 123: Fearing I should catch cold, they out of pity covered me warm in a Bogg-house.
at boghouse, n.
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