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Search phrase: saucy

Plays

 33 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW II.iii.259true traveller. You are more saucy with lords andtrue traueller: you are more sawcie with Lordes and
All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.iv.23When saucy trusting of the cozened thoughtsWhen sawcie trusting of the cosin'd thoughts
Antony and CleopatraAC III.xiii.98So saucy with the hand of she here – what's her name,So sawcy with the hand of she heere, what's her name
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.xiv.25.2Hence, saucy eunuch, peace!Hence sawcy Eunuch peace,
Antony and CleopatraAC V.ii.214Nay, 'tis most certain, Iras. Saucy lictorsNay, 'tis most certaine Iras: sawcie Lictors
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.287 (to Celia) I will speak to him like a saucy lackey,I wil speake to him like a sawcie Lacky.
CymbelineCym I.vii.151A saucy stranger in his court to martA sawcy Stranger in his Court, to Mart
CymbelineCym III.iv.160Ready in gibes, quick-answered, saucy, andReady in gybes, quicke-answer'd, sawcie, and
CymbelineCym V.v.326I am too blunt, and saucy: here's my knee:I am too blunt, and sawcy: heere's my knee:
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.126an you play the saucy cuttle with me. Away, you bottle-aleif you play the sawcie Cuttle with me. Away you Bottle-Ale
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.i.45Am I not Protector, saucy priest?Am I not Protector, sawcie Priest?
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.iv.33The envious barking of your saucy tongueThe enuious barking of your sawcie Tongue,
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.x.34But thou wilt brave me with these saucy terms?But thou wilt braue me with these sawcie termes?
Henry VIIIH8 IV.ii.100.2You are a saucy fellow!You are a sawcy Fellow,
Julius CaesarJC I.i.18What meanest thou by that? Mend me, thou saucy fellow?What meanst thou by that? Mend mee, thou sawcy Fellow?
Julius CaesarJC I.iii.12Or else the world, too saucy with the gods,Or else the World, too sawcie with the Gods,
Julius CaesarJC IV.iii.132Get you hence, sirrah! Saucy fellow, hence!Get you hence sirra: Sawcy Fellow, hence.
King JohnKJ II.i.404As we will ours, against these saucy walls;As we will ours, against these sawcie walles,
King LearKL II.ii.95A saucy roughness, and constrains the garbA saucy roughnes, and constraines the garb
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.85That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks.That will not be deepe search'd with sawcy lookes:
MacbethMac III.iv.24To saucy doubts and fears. – But Banquo's safe?To sawcy doubts, and feares. But Banquo's safe?
MacbethMac III.v.3Saucy and overbold? How did you dareSawcy, and ouer-bold, how did you dare
Measure for MeasureMM II.iv.45Their saucy sweetness that do coin God's imageTheir sawcie sweetnes, that do coyne heauens Image
Measure for MeasureMM V.i.135I saw them at the prison. A saucy friar,I saw them at the prison: a sawcy Fryar,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.103Of saucy and audacious eloquence.Of saucy and audacious eloquence.
OthelloOth I.i.129We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs;We then haue done you bold, and saucie wrongs.
Romeo and JulietRJ I.v.83You are a saucy boy. Is't so, indeed?You are a sawcy Boy, 'ist so indeed?
Romeo and JulietRJ II.iv.142I pray you, sir, what saucy merchant was this thatI pray you sir, what sawcie Merchant was this that
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.60Saucy controller of my private steps,Sawcie controuler of our priuate steps:
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.42Like Perseus' horse. Where's then the saucy boat,Like Perseus Horse. Where's then the sawcy Boate,
Twelfth NightTN I.v.189in. I heard you were saucy at my gates, and allowed yourin. I heard you were sawcy at my gates, & allowd your
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.144Is't so saucy?Ist so sawcy?
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.ii.92You, minion, are too saucy.You (Minion) are too saucie.

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
SonnetsSonn.80.7 My saucy bark (inferior far to his) My sawsie barke (inferior farre to his)
SonnetsSonn.128.13 Since saucy jacks so happy are in this, Since sausie Iackes so happy are in this,

Glossary

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Jack-saucesaucy knave, impudent fellow
malapertimpudent, saucy, impertinent
saucyinsolent, impudent, presumptuous, defiant
saucylecherous, lascivious, lustful

Thesaurus

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knave, saucyJack-sauce
saucymalapert
saucy knaveJack-sauce

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