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The Wags of Windsor choose

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[UK] G. Colman Yngr Wags of Windsor 14: Bull. You have been in service before? Looney: Does a duck swim.
at can a duck swim? under duck, n.1
[UK] G. Colman Yngr Wags of Windsor 15: Enter Looney Mactwolter, l.h. with a hay-fork on his shoulder [...] Bull. What brought you here? Looney: Hay-making. — Look — this is a fork. Bull. Well, I see that. Looney: Hire me; — then I’ll have a knife to it — and prettily I’ll toss about your beef.
at loony, n.
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