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[Ire] Tralee Chron. (Co. Kerry) 8 July 2/6: Need I tell you that it is the Kerry Evening Post (groans)? Twas always said that the ‘Calf’ was in bad humour. He is not a calf this morning, but like a bear with a sore head (cheers and laughter).
at bear, n.
[Ire] Tralee Chron. 28 Apr. 3/3: We know what whether our old brother of the quill still adheres to the profession of Barrister-at-Law.
at brother of the quill (n.) under brother (of the)..., n.
[Ire] Tralee Chron. 9 July 3/3: It is to be hoped that the gentleman who pays the rent will curb his appetite (and his snout) until his own new potatoes are fit to dig.
at gentleman who pays the rent (n.) under gentleman, n.
[Ire] Tralee Chron. 15 Jan. 2/6: [T]hat very fine sirloin of Sweeny’s best beef," [...] I’ll engage, too, it wasn’t with aqua pura you washed all down, but a dhrop something with a ‘stick’ in it.
at stick, n.
[Ire] Tralee Chron. 15 Jan. 2/6: [T]hat very fine sirloin of Sweeny’s best beef," [...] I’ll be bound you ‘walked Spanish’ into it, even though there might scarcity of horse-radish itself [...] I’ll engage, too, it wasn’t with aqua pura you washed all down, but a dhrop something with a ‘stick’ in it.
at walk Spanish (v.) under walk, v.
[Ire] Tralee Chron. 7 Jan. n.p.: It seems but the other day that we were finally rid of John Doe and Richard Roe [...] and of John A’ Noakes and John A’ Styles in chancery proceedings; when indictments wee drawn in bog Latin and declarations in bastard Norman French.
at bog Latin, n.
[Ire] Tralee Chron. 7 Jan. n.p.: It seems but the other day that we were finally rid of John Doe and Richard Roe [...] and of John A’ Noakes and John A’ Styles in chancery proceedings; when indictments wee drawn in bog Latin and declarations in bastard Norman French.
at John Doe, n.
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