1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueRegency Word Wednesday December 30, 2015June 10, 2015 Cora Lee French Cream “Brandy; so called by the old tabbies and dowagers when drank in their tea.”
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueRegency Word Wednesday December 16, 2015June 10, 2015 Cora Lee Tantwivy “Away they went tantwivy; away they want full speed. Tantwivy was the sound of the hunting horn in full cry, or that of a post horn.”
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueRegency Word Wednesday December 2, 2015June 10, 2015 Cora Lee Sly Boots “A cunning fellow, under the mask of simplicity.”
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueRegency Word Wednesday November 18, 2015June 10, 2015 Cora Lee Sleepy “Much worn: the cloth of your coat must be extremely sleepy for it has not had a nap this long time.”
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueRegency Word Wednesday November 4, 2015June 10, 2015 Cora Lee Sitting Breeches “One who stays late in company, is said to have his sitting breeches on, or that he will sit longer than a hen.”
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueRegency Word Wednesday October 21, 2015June 10, 2015 Cora Lee Shoemaker’s Stocks “New, or straight shoes. I was in the shoemaker’s stocks; i.e. had on a new pair of shoes that were too small for me.”
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueRegency Word Wednesday October 7, 2015June 10, 2015 Cora Lee She House “A house where the wife rules, or, as the term is, wears the breeches.”
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueRegency Word Wednesday September 23, 2015June 10, 2015 Cora Lee Shannon “A river in Ireland: persons dipped in that river are perfectly and for ever cured of bashfulness.”
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueRegency Word Wednesday September 9, 2015June 10, 2015 Cora Lee Sea Lawyer “A shark.”
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueRegency Word Wednesday August 26, 2015June 10, 2015 Cora Lee Scapegrace “A wild dissolute fellow.”