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Definition

Foaming at the mouth.

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In Context

  • "But that Poet was always in a foam at his ſetting out, even before the Motion of the Race had warm'd him."
  • "Yes, the ſecond time he ſaid, that he met the King's guards that were come back all in a foam"
  • "Horſe and man were in a foam."
  • "while the horses and mares were all in a foam, and scarcely able to breathe;"
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Following.

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Having net losses; in debt.

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Nude.

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in the nick of time

At the last possible moment; at the last minute.

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in Dutch

In trouble or in disfavor.

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in two shakes of a lamb's tail

Synonym of in two shakes.
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