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[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 45: There was knack knee’d Mat, wiv’s purple suit, / An hopper-a—s’d Dick.
at hopper-arsed, adj.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 31: Cheer up, ma hinny! leet thy pipe, / And take a blast o’ backy!
at bacca, n.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 296: Thou bangs them a’ lass every day /[ ...] / For hide and hue, ma bonny hinny, / Thou bangs the crew.
at bang, v.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 185: His boddy was soddy and sore he was bruised, / The bark of his shins was all standing in peaks.
at bark, n.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 90: Aw sat an’ aw drank till quite blind.
at blind, adj.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 213: You have heard of Miss Bouncer, without any doubt [...] She smil’d in my face while she drank up my wine; of my punch and cakes, oh my dear had a share.
at bouncer, n.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 43: Thy wit could not save the good breeches, / That mencefully [i.e. decently] cover’d thy bum.
at bum, n.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 261: There was Preston the bailiff, Joe Craggs was his bum.
at bum, n.2
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 286: They drank bumbo made of gin.
at bumbo, n.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 46: The hat was worn by carrot-pow’d Jenny’s Jacky-o.
at carrot-pated (adj.) under carrot, n.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 213: I looked about, my charmer to see.
at charmer, n.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 254: Each cuddles his coney or rabbit, / And pleasantly purrs with puss-cats; / Hence with husky harlots cohabit, / And handle a herdling’s old hats.
at cony, n.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 167: He had great cause to crack of wealth.
at crack, v.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 26: Odds marcy! Wye, marrows, becrike it’s Lord ’Size.
at crikey!, excl.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 26: ‘In her breest great consarn it inspir’d, / That my Lord should sae cullishly come by his deeth’.
at cullishly (adv.) under cull, n.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 105: Why, Jack, sure they’re feulish, to refuse them is cullish, / Why siller, man‘s, siller and paper’s but rags.
at cullish (adj.) under cull, n.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 104: Wilt thou take my tokens? sweet daffa-down-dilly.
at daffy-down-dilly, n.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 242: John Thompson [...] will find it is true, / That thieving is worse than the sword; / In the space of an hour, / He’ll dance on the moor, / Attach’d to a rope, or a cord.
at dance, v.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 316: Dang Lunuun!
at dang, v.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 34: With ardour heroic I glow; / But love’s dear delights shall I barter for drilling / You sure can’t refuse me.
at drill, v.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 30: Fling off their black duddies. / Leave hammers and studdies.
at duds, n.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 46: Jack [...] wad danced wi’ goggle-ey’d Mally-o.
at goggle-eyed, adj.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 32: An’ we’ll kiss and cuddle; / And mony a fuddle / Sall [sic] drive the langsome hours away.
at fuddle, n.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 301: He sits with his pipe in his cheek, / And he fuddles his money away.
at fuddle, v.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 254: Each cuddles his coney or rabbit, / And pleasantly purrs with puss-cats; / Hence with husky harlots cohabit, / And handle a herdling’s old hats.
at old hat, n.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 105: An’ smash me! I thought him a thick-headed fool.
at thick-headed, adj.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 9: [song title] ‘Ma’ Canny Hinny’ [...] Where has te been, ma’ canny hinny?
at hen, n.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 78: Your milliner’s spruce, not so apt to take huff.
at take (the) huff (v.) under huff, n.
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 184: Straight she began and went to’t handfisty [...] and dang down all the gear: The dishes and dublers went flying like fury.
at go to it (v.) under it, n.1
[UK] J. Bell Jr. (ed.) Rhymes of Northern Bards 89: Ye’d best hev a drop o’ wour jackey. Your jackey! says I, now what’s that? [...] English gin, canny man, that’s flat.
at jacky, n.1
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