Saw
“An old saw; an ancient proverbial saying.”
Category: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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Sammy
“Foolish. Silly.”
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Running Smobble
“Snatching goods off a counter, and throwing them to an accomplice, who brushes off with them.”
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Royal Scamps
“Highwaymen who never rob any but rich persons, and that without ill treating them.”
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Resurrection Men
“Persons employed by the students in anatomy to steal dead bodies out of church-yards.”
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Rattle-Pate
“A volatile, unsteady, or whimsical man or woman.”
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Queen Street
“A mart governed by his wife, is said to live in Queen Street, or at the sign of the Queen’s Head.”
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Purse Proud
“One that is vain of his riches.”
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Puppy
“An affected or conceited coxcomb.”
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Member Mug
“A chamber pot.”
Cora Lee, Regency Romance Author 