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Search phrase: skipping

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Henry IV Part 11H4 III.ii.60The skipping King, he ambled up and down,The skipping King hee ambled vp and downe,
King Edward IIIE3 I.ii.12And, in their vile uncivil skipping jigs,And in their vild vnseuill skipping giggs,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.756All wanton as a child, skipping and vain,All wanton as a childe, skipping and vaine.
MacbethMac I.ii.30Compelled these skipping kerns to trust their heelsCompell'd these skipping Kernes to trust their heeles,
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.ii.174Thy skipping spirit, lest through thy wild behaviourThy skipping spirit, least through thy wilde behauiour
Twelfth NightTN I.v.193skipping a dialogue.skipping a dialogue.

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skippingfrivolous, flighty, frolicsome
skippingrunaway, fugitive; or: lightly armed

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