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Cumberland Pacquet 2 Sept. 4/1: Now neither Sue nor black ey’d Nan, / Will give one friendly cheer / [...] / Shove off, no Sally’s here.at shove off (v.) under shove, v.
Cumberland Pacquet 2 Sept. 4/1: Now neither Sue nor black ey’d Nan, / Will give one friendly cheer / [...] / Shove off, no Sally’s here. Cumberland Pacquet 7 Aug. 4/1: Those who are still itching to run the Rig, may [...] cry, if they please, that the Subject is shocking.at run the rig on (v.) under rig, n.2
Cumberland Pacquet 7 Aug. 4/1: Now that I’ve laid the whole Mys’ry so thoroughly open, your Fancy, I think, will have nothing to scope on.at scope, v.
Cumberland Pacquet 31 Dec. 4/1: The plagues of us Authors are ne’er at an End [...] to be curb’d by some Titlepage Dealer [...] ’Tis shameful to think how the scurvy Knaves use us.at pickers and stealers, n.
Cumberland Pacquet 31 Dec. 4/1: The plagues of us Authors are ne’er at an End [...] to be curb’d by some Titlepage Dealer [...] ’Tis shameful to think how the scurvy Knaves use us [...] that close-fisted Fellow, my Publisher Vamp.at vamp, n.2
Cumberland Pacquet 29 Aug. 3/3: Willy next began the Week, / Tippling all the Sunday; / Therefore I, provoked to speak, / Did scold him well on Monday.at tipple, n.
Cumberland Pacquet 4 Jan. 3/2: They care not a brass farthing.at brass farthing (n.) under brass, adj.1
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/5: Many would not care a pin / To lose at cards a fortnight’s hewing.at not care a pin, v.
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/5: Jack’s a honest canty cock.at cock, n.2
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/4: I sing the pitmen’s plagues and cares / Their pay-night o’er a foaming pot / All clean wash’d up, their way pursue / To drink and crack.at crack, v.1
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/4: I sing the pitmen’s plagues and cares / [...] / On cock fight, dog fight, cuddy race / Or on a soap-tail’d grunters chase, / They’ll risk the last remaining doit.at cuddy, n.1
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/5: Now, Nan, what myeks th’ fash me here. Gan hyem and get the bairns to bed.at fash, v.
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/5: Stop your gob and lay your braggin’.at shut (up) one’s gob (v.) under gob, n.1
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/4: I sing the pitmen’s plagues and cares / [...] / On cock fight, dog fight, cuddy race / Or on a soap-tail’d grunters chase, / They’ll risk the last remaining doit.at grunter, n.
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/5: Come hinny come, gan hyem wi’ me.at hen, n.
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/5: Hout, hinny, had th’ blabbin’ jaw.at hen, n.
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/4: Here Tom, the pink of bowlers, gain’d himself a never-dying name.at pink, n.
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/4: I sing the pitmen’s plagues and cares / Their pay-night o’er a foaming pot / All clean wash’d up, their way pursue / To drink and crack.at pot, n.1
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/5: A skin-flint [...] She buys me the worst o’ meat [...] Tough, stinking tripe and cows’ feet.at skinflint, n.
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/5: His better half, all fire and tow, / Call’d him a slush — his comrades raff — / Swore that he could a brewing stow, / And aftert that sipe all the draff.at slush, n.1
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/5: When we flit, the landlord stops / Ma sticks till a’ the rent be paid.at stick, n.
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/5: She peels the taties wi’ her teeth.at tatie, n.
Cumberland Pacquet 12 Dec. 4/4: These horny handed sons of toil — / Require a ‘right gude willie-waught’.at willy wacht, n.
Cumberland Pacquet 9 July 4/4: ‘Now let’s see how we can best manage to find old Foozle about his business [...] poor noddy’.at foozle, n.
Cumberland Pacquet 9 July 4/4: ‘Sheepface and I will hold the back door open for you [...] and all’s snug’.at all’s snug under snug, adj.
Cumberland Pacquet 26 Feb. 4/1: ‘Where do you hang your hammock to night [...] I suppose you caulk off where all your trade do’.at caulk (off), v.
Cumberland Pacquet 1 Sept. 2/7: It is announced in a less bobberous tone than usual.at bobbish, adj.
Cumberland Pacquet 20 Sept. 3/3: The wrestling throughout was good, and [...] all was fair and above board.at above board, adj.
Cumberland Pacquet 10 Aug. 3/2: The friends of Arthur Sleagill were somewhat bobberous.at bobbish, adj.
Cumberland Pacquet 23 July 7/1: I will give you an acount of how cider is made; but I will take my own time, though you rumbisticate me.at rumbusticate, v.
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