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This is a pretty flimflam.
This is a pretty flimflam.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
To give importance to trifling matters.
To give importance to trifling matters.
Something given that way.
Something given that way.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
