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Search phrase: ocular

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OthelloOth III.iii.357Be sure of it: give me the ocular proof,Be sure of it: Giue me the Occular proofe,

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ameer[jocular address] emir [hereditary Arab ruler]
chaps, chops[jocular] fat cheeks
costard[jocular: large kind of apple] head
fidiuse[jocular form of ‘Aufidius’] treated as Aufidius was treated
Jack-a-Lent[jocular; male figure used as an Aunt Sally during Lent] puppet, poppet, doll
kicky-wicky, kicksy-wicksy[jocular] girl-friend, wife
mazzard[jocular] skull, head, bowl
merryfacetious, droll, jocular
mocked, wellmake a jocular riposte, evade an argument using flattery
sconce[jocular] head, pate, bonce
wanton[jocularly] naughty, wicked, mischievous
whoreson[son of a whore; serious or jocular term of abuse] fellow, bastard
whoreson[abusive intensifier, serious or jocular] bastard, wretched, vile

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jocularmerry
jocular riposte, make amocked, well
riposte, make a jocularmocked, well

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Address forms... page and others gentlemen sirs [jocularly respectful] bawcock wt i ...

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
OCULARBASICocular adj

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