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[Scot] John O’Groat Jrnl 8 Mar. 3/3: A table of the proposed fees or customs to be levied from parties resorting to the market [...] Ballad Singer, or Flying Stationer, 6d.
at flying stationer (n.) under fly, v.
[Scot] John O’Groat Jrnl 4 Jan. 4/5: The tars called the woman to them [...] ‘How much do you owe this land pirate?’ [i.e. a landlord] The woman told him the amount and Jack [...] paid the bill.
at land-pirate (n.) under land, n.3
[Scot] John O’Groat Jrnl 25 Apr. 2/2: The women do all of the work and get none of the pay — in fact we are put on monkeys allowance: more kicks than half-pence.
at monkey’s allowance (n.) under monkey, n.
[Scot] John O’Groat Jrnl 11 May 2/3: It then became a complete case of skedaddle. ‘Scatter, boys!’ used to be the word when the Fenian ‘army’ fell in with any red-coats.
at skedaddle, n.
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