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cover: come out from his hiding-place.
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Pillion: a seat, for a woman, attached to the hinder part of a saddle.
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Fetish: an idol.
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Full-bottomed wig: this was a large wig worn by all men of fashion in the last century.
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Valeted: served; (from
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Stickleback: a small fish.
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Pop-joying: nibbling by fish.
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Float: a cork or bit of wood attached to a fish-line.
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Petty sessions: a criminal court held by a justice of the peace.
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Dragoons: soldiers who serve on foot or on horseback, as occasion requires.
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Old gamester: a person skilled in the game of single-stick or back sword.
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Wiltshire and Somersetshire: counties west of Berkshire.
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Statute feasts: festivals established by law.
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Booths: temporary sheds, etc., for the sale of refreshments, pedlers' goods, and the like.
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Cricket: the English national game of ball.
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Tutelage: guardianship.
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Lancet windows: high, narrow windows of the earliest Gothic architecture.
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Pottered: walked slowly, sauntered.
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"Cheap Jacks": pedlers.
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Legitimate: lawful.
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Fairings: ribbons, toys, and other small articles sold for presents.
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Buckskins: buckskin breeches.
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Top-boots: high boots.
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Fustian: coarse cloth.
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Stuff: woollen.
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Pipe and tabor: fife and drum.
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Caravans: show wagons.
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Pan-pipe: several pipes or fifes fastened together in a row, and blown by an attendant or "satellite," in the Punch and Judy show.
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Purely: nicely.
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Minds: remember.
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Wench: a young peasant girl.
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Martinmas: the feast of St. Martin, Nov. 11.
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Aim: intend.
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Tuppence: two pence or four cents; the English penny, being equal to two cents.
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Quaint: odd, old-fashioned.
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Muzzling in a flour-tub: running their heads into a tub of flour to fish out prizes.
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Half-sovereign: ten shillings ($2.50).
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Down shepherd: a shepherd on the downs or chalk hills.
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Chaff: make fun, ridicule.
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Wooy: why.
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He: here, him.
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Arra: any.
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Poaching: game-stealing.
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Wordsworth's "Peter Bell."
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Castor: a tall silk hat.
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Basket-handle: a handle protected by wicker-work.
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Feint: to pretend to make a thrust or to give a blow.
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Umpire: judge or referee.
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'ee: thee, you.
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A'nigst: near.
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Summut: something or somewhat.
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Vlush: flush.
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Twod: a toad.
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Veathers: feathers.
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Blethering: talking nonsense.
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Shovel: a broad-brimmed hat turned up at the sides. It was formerly much worn by clergymen of the Church of England.
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Wos-bird: a bird that steals corn.
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Sir Roger de Coverley: a typical old country gentleman of delightful simplicity of character. See Addison's "Spectator."
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Gi's: give us.
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A: he.
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Wur: where.
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Tie: a contest in which neither side gains the victory.
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Life-guardsman: one of the Queen's body-guard.
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"Vizes": a contraction of Devizes, a town in Wiltshire.
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Yeast: a novel by Charles Kingsley.
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Grapnel: a grappling hook.
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Bona fide: real.
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Priggism: affectation, conceit.
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Skittles: the game of ninepins.
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Palaver houses: talk houses – the Houses of Parliament.
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West-End Clubs: clubs in the fashionable quarter of London.
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Old John: John Bull.
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Red-tape: official routine and formalism.
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Toady: flatter.
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Costermonger: a fruit and vegetable pedler.
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Country-sides: country districts.
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Turnspit: a kind of dog, formerly trained to turn a spit for roasting meat.
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Occult: secret or magical.
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Manor: the estate of a lord.
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Publican: