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feague
feeg
adjective
to whip; to beat; to enliven; to perk up
1785Francis GroseA Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueFEAGUE. To feague a horse; to put ginger up a horse's fundament, and formerly, as it is said, a live eel, to make him lively and carry his tail well; it is said, a forfeit is incurred by any horse-dealer's servant, who shall shew a horse without first feaguing him. Feague is used, figuratively, for encouraging or spiriting one up.1996Gene WolfeExodus from the Long Sun'That'd feague you, huh?

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Bartholomew Baby
bar-THAWL-uh-myoo BAY-bee
adjective
cheap and tawdry dress
1682John BunyanThe Greatness of the SoulAs, if it be the lust of uncleanness, then is the motion to sin drest up in all the imaginable pleasurableness of that sin; if to covetousness, then is the sin drest up in the profits and honours that attend that sin; and so of theft and the like; but if the motion be to swear, hector, or the like, then is that motion drest up with valour and manliness; and so you may count of the rest of sinful motions; and thus being trimmed up like a Bartholomew baby, it is presented to all the rest of the powers of the soul, where with joint consent it is admired and embraced, to the firing and inflaming all the powers of the soul.1682A. MarshThe Ten Pleasures of Marriage and The Confession of the New-married CoupleYea, and here she shews you, that though before she was but a Bartholomew Baby, that she is now grown to be a brave houswife.1785Francis GroseA Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueBARTHOLOMEW BABY. A person dressed up in a tawdry manner, like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair.

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