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[UK] Lake’s Falmouth Packet 26 Dec. n.p.: The prisoners were in the Two Brewers [...] and got ‘skylarking’ with Mary Ann.
at lark, v.
[UK] Lake’s Falmouth Packet 18 Dec. 3/6: More ‘Bags of Mystery’ [...] Walter Dunham, a butcher residing at Harlston, in Norfolk, has been summoned for sending putrid sausages to London for sale.
at bag of mystery (n.) under bag, n.1
[UK] Lake’s Falmouth Packet 19 June 4/4: A brace of Indians [...] with noble bronze faces, which contrast rather strongly with the countenance of the simpering skipjack who has preceded them .
at skip-jack, n.
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