Master of the Mint
“A gardener.”
Category: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Regency Word Wednesday
King John’s Men
“He is one of King John’s men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man.”
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Joseph
“A woman’s great coat. Also, a sheepish bashful young fellow: an allusion to Joseph who fled from Potiphar’s wife. You are Josephus rex; you are jo-king, i.e. joking.”
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Bottle-Headed
“Void of wit.”
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Manoeuvring The Apostles
“Robbing Peter to pay Paul, i.e. borrowing of one man to pay another.”
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Feather One’s Nest
“To enrich one’s self.”
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Strait-Laced
“Precise, over nice, puritanical.”
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Chit
“An infant or baby.”
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Canterbury Story
“A long roundabout tale.”
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Windfall
“A legacy, or any accidental accession of property.”
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