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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. 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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