Rattle-Pate
“A volatile, unsteady, or whimsical man or woman.”
Tag: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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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.”
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Maccaroni
“A fop: which name arose from a club, called the Maccaroni Club, instituted by some of the most dressy travelled gentlemen about town, who led the fashions; whence a man foppishly dressed, was supposed a member of that club, and by contraction styled a Maccaroni.”
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Lombard Fever
“Sick of the lombard fever; i.e. of the idles.”
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Nunnery
“A bawdy house.”
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Norway Neckcloth
“The pillory, usually made of Norway fir.”
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Beau-Nasty
“A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty.”
Cora Lee, Regency Romance Author 