French Cream
“Brandy; so called by the old tabbies and dowagers when drank in their tea.”
Regency Word Wednesday
30 Wednesday Dec 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Category Archives: Regency
Regency Word Wednesday
16 Wednesday Dec 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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.”
Regency Word Wednesday
02 Wednesday Dec 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Sly Boots
“A cunning fellow, under the mask of simplicity.”
Regency Word Wednesday
18 Wednesday Nov 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Sleepy
“Much worn: the cloth of your coat must be extremely sleepy for it has not had a nap this long time.”
Regency Word Wednesday
04 Wednesday Nov 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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.”
Regency Word Wednesday
21 Wednesday Oct 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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.”
Regency Word Wednesday
07 Wednesday Oct 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
She House
“A house where the wife rules, or, as the term is, wears the breeches.”
Regency Word Wednesday
23 Wednesday Sep 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Shannon
“A river in Ireland: persons dipped in that river are perfectly and for ever cured of bashfulness.”
Regency Word Wednesday
09 Wednesday Sep 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Sea Lawyer
“A shark.”
Regency Word Wednesday
26 Wednesday Aug 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Scapegrace
“A wild dissolute fellow.”
