Weasel-Faced
“Thin, meagre-faced. Weasel-gutted; thin-bodied; a weasel is a thin long slender animal with a sharp face.”
Category: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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Coxcomb
“Anciently, a fool. Fools, in great families, wore a cap with bells, on the top of which was a piece of red cloth in the shape of a cock’s comb. At present, coxcomb signifies a fop, or vain self-conceited fellow.”
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Cow-Hearted
“Fearful.”
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Busk
“A piece of whalebone or ivory, formerly worn by women, to stiffen the forepart of their stays.”
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Tame
“To run tame about the house; to live familiarly in a family with which one is upon a visit.”
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Tabby
“An old maid; either from Tabitha, a formal antiquated name; or else from a tabby cat, old maids being often compared to cats.”
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Suds
“In the suds; in trouble, in a disagreeable situation, or involved in some difficulty.”
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Dog Latin
“Barbarous Latin, such as was formerly used b the lawyers in their pleadings.”
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Hobnail
“A country clodhopper: from the shoes of country farmers and ploughmen being commonly stuck full of hob-nails, and even often clouted, or tipped with iron.”
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Black Book
“He is down in the black book, i.e. he has a stain on his character. A black book is keep in most regiments, wherein the names of all persons sentenced to punishment are recorded.”
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