reckoning (n.) Old form(s): reckning, reck'ning , Recknings
bill [at an inn], settling of account
1H4 I.ii.49[Falstaff to Prince Hal, of Mistress Quickly] thou hast called her to a reckoning many a time and oft [with bawdy pun]
1H4 II.iv.100[Prince Hal to Poins, of Francis] his eloquence [is] the parcel of a reckoning
2H4 I.ii.173[Falstaff to Lord Chief Justice] pregnancy is made a tapster, and his quick wit wasted in giving reckonings
AYL III.iii.13[Touchstone to Audrey] a great reckoning in a little room
AYL III.iv.29[Celia to Rosalind] the word of a tapster ... the confirmer of false reckonings
TNK III.v.129[Schoolmaster to Theseus, of the host and hostess] with a beckoning / Informs the tapster to inflame the reckoning
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