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[Ire] Dublin Obs. 22 Apr. 3/2: We recommend the perusal of all whiskered haberdashers in their amours with [...] bonnet-builders.
at bonnet-builder (n.) under bonnet, n.2
[Ire] Dublin Obs. 26 Jan. 11/4: A sporting crib, where the Deaf ’un has taken up a temporary ‘snoozing ken’.
at snoozing ken, n.
[Ire] Dublin Obs. 27 Sept. 4/5: Is there anyone but the blind buzzard that does not see that it is to the increase of taxes aone that these evils are to be attributed.
at blind buzzard (n.) under blind, adj.1
[Ire] Dublin Obs. 28 June 11/2: A notorious character — the very beau ideal of a city ‘vag’ of the pickpocket tribe.
at vag, n.1
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