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[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 3 Nov. 3/3: Our active Chief Magistrate has declared war against pinkindindies, gamblers, sabbath breakers [etc].
at pinkindindies, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 29 June 3/4: Let not, therefore, any Grub Street garretteer, to amuse pigeon-livered London cuckolds [etc].
at pigeon-livered (adj.) under pigeon, n.1
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 21 Apr. 1/1: Wm. B-ne-y, Esq, Loves a jolly party; — and a pretty girl either under the rose, or above board.
at above board, adv.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 8 May 1/1: You are solicited by the thorough-paced hack of every Administation,and by the cringing complaisance of Sir Courtly Nice.
at Sir Courtly Nice, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 30 Dec. 3/4: ‘Oh! my Wife, she wears the Breeches,’ a new jolly song by B— T—l, Esq.
at wear the trousers (v.) under trouser, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 7 June 3/3: His Grace and suite were assaulted with a shower of beggars bullets.
at beggar’s bullets (n.) under beggar, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 9 Nov. 3/3: In the after-piece last night he was an agreeable ‘Rattle’ and though a rattle, contributed much to the harmony of the evening.
at agreeable rattle, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 9 Aug. 2/2: Marriage of their Most Gracious Majesteies the King and Queen of the Brummagem Beggars — A wedding took place at Bermingham [sic] on Monday [etc].
at Brummagem, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 6 Sept. 2/5: A Letter from Colonel Yorke, Private Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, to Father Martin [...] the ‘bully-back’ of Father Dennis Delany.
at bully back, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 25 Apr. 3/2: The only way in which his object may be acheved by a place-hunter, or by his bully-back at the press, is to kick the powers that be — to throw dirt at them.
at bully back, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 12 Oct. 3/6: As grand juries are likely to be stiver-cramped for a season [...] other means [...] must be sought out.
at stiver-cramped (adj.) under stiver, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 2 Sept. 2/3: The President, it seems, is still in a state of botherment concerning the Press.
at botherment, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 6 Sept. 4/4: Prhaps it may be that ‘plating a little ’un on his sky-lights’ sounds better than ‘committing a brutal assault’.
at skylights (n.) under sky, n.1
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 15 July 3/2: Paris, July 14 — The Patrico [...] denies rumours [...] of the projected journey of the Emperor to Germany .
at patrico, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 17 Aug. 2/5: The follies [...] of the meeting [...] were in reality no more than a blowing off of so-called ‘Protestant steam’.
at blow off steam (v.) under steam, n.
[Ire] Dublin Eve. Post 2 June 4/5: Billiard Match for the Championship. The third match [...] on the board of green cloth took place on Tuesday.
at board of green cloth (n.) under board, n.1
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