I have rubb'd this young quat almost to the sense, And he grows angry.
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I have rubb'd this young quat almost to the sense, And he grows angry.
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1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, page 28, Mrs. Cad. Well, come, begin and ſtart me, that I may come the ſooner to quatting——Huſh ! here′s Siſter ; what the deuce brought her !
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Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.
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'Mang mis'ry's posts, whar I did sit, My tongue took sic a faltrin' fit, I thought the wee remains o' wit I had, was quat me
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