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Irish Hospitality choose

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[Ire] C. Shadwell Irish Hospitality I i: He would not only supply me with the best Nappy, but let me smoak all Weathers in the Pantry.
at nappy (ale), n.
[Ire] C. Shadwell Irish Hospitality II i: How silly it is to be made an Angel before Marriage, and an humble Conveniency afterwards.
at convenient, n.
[Ire] C. Shadwell Irish Hospitality I i: [I] have gone thro’ all the merry Conceits of it, from a Three-penny Hop, to the Theatre-Royal.
at hop, n.1
[Ire] C. Shadwell Irish Hospitality I i: Ah Lucy! I am a poor hang-dogly Lover [...] I an’t such a nizey Fool as to die for you; but truly, now my Stomach falls off strangely, I don’t eat so much by a Pound as I used to do.
at nizzie, adj.
[Ire] C. Shadwell Irish Hospitality I i: I am acquainted with all the topping Procurers in all the great Streets, from Mother Whatd’yecallum’s in Drury-Lane, to Mother Thing’em’s in Leicester-Fields.
at thingummy, n.
[Ire] C. Shadwell Irish Hospitality IV i: My Son is young and amorous, and the Wench was handsome, therefore he must be forgiven.
at wench, n.
[Ire] C. Shadwell Irish Hospitality I i: I am acquainted with all the topping Procurers in all the great Streets, from Mother Whatd’yecallum’s in Drury-Lane, to Mother Thing’em’s in Leicester-Fields.
at whatd’youcallhim, n.
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