Rattle-Pate
“A volatile, unsteady, or whimsical man or woman.”
Regency Word Wednesday
27 Wednesday May 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Tag Archives: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Regency Word Wednesday
13 Wednesday May 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Queen Street
“A mart governed by his wife, is said to live in Queen Street, or at the sign of the Queen’s Head.”
Regency Word Wednesday
29 Wednesday Apr 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Purse Proud
“One that is vain of his riches.”
Regency Word Wednesday
15 Wednesday Apr 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Puppy
“An affected or conceited coxcomb.”
Regency Word Wednesday
01 Wednesday Apr 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Member Mug
“A chamber pot.”
Regency Word Wednesday
18 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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.”
Regency Word Wednesday
04 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Lombard Fever
“Sick of the lombard fever; i.e. of the idles.”
Regency Word Wednesday
18 Wednesday Feb 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Nunnery
“A bawdy house.”
Regency Word Wednesday
04 Wednesday Feb 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Norway Neckcloth
“The pillory, usually made of Norway fir.”
Regency Word Wednesday
21 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Beau-Nasty
“A slovenly fop; one finely dressed, but dirty.”
