† saltatressn.
Obsolete. rare.
A female dancer.
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1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 120 Her le volts were the highest of any Saltatress in Italy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1784- as big as bull-beef
- as big as bullbeef
- as billy-be-damned
- as billybedamned
- as black as a crow
- as black as coal
- as black as one'a hat
- as black as one's hat
- as black as the ace of spades
- as black as the crook
- as black as the earl of hell's waistcoat
- as black in early use also swart as coal
- as black, or ugly, as sin
- as blithe as a laverock
- as blive
- as bold as brass
- as bright as a button
- as brouke i my chyn, eyes, heid
- as busy as a bee
- as busy as a hen with one chick
- as busy as a nailer
- as calm as a clock
- as calm as a millpond
- as camp as a row of tents
- as chance would have it