~Regency Wednesday~ Disguised

How about a few more slang terms from my 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue? 

Disguised. 

Drunk. 

Dogged. 

Surly. 

Earth Bath. 

A grave. 

To Feather One's Nest. 

To enrich one's self.* 

*Taken verbatim from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your FREE kindle copy from Amazon HERE. 

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~Regency Wednesday~ Toad Eater

For the final Regency Wednesday post of 2015, I've randomly selected another slang term from my 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Enjoy! ♥ 

TOAD EATER.

A poor female relation, and humble companion, or reduced gentlewoman, in a great family, the standing butt, on whom all kinds of practical jokes are played off, and all ill humours vented. This appellation is derived from a mountebank's servant, on whom all experiments used to be made in public by the doctor, his master; among which was the eating of toads, formerly supposed poisonous. Swallowing toads is here figuratively meant for swallowing or putting up with insults, as disagreeable to a person of feeling as toads to the stomach.*

*Taken verbatim from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free Kindle copy from Amazon HERE. 

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~Regency Wednesday~ Toby Lay

Another busy week and my brain can't quite keep up. So, here's another Regency slang definition for you. Enjoy! ♥ 

TOBY LAY. 

The highway. High toby man; a highway-man. Low toby man; a footpad. 

*Taken verbatim from the Kindle edition of the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free copy HERE. 

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~Regency Wednesday~ Reader

Time for another lesson in Regency slang. ☺ 

READER.

A pocket-book. CANT.

READER MERCHANTS. 

Pickpockets, chiefly young Jews, who ply about the Bank to steal the pocket-books of persons who have just received their dividends there.* 

*Taken verbatim from the Kindle edition of 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free copy HERE. 

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~Regency Wednesday~ Rattler

As usual, my day is filled with covers and exciting new things that I can’t share just yet. BUT, I can help with your Regency slang education. ☺ 

RATTLER.

A coach. Rattle and prad; a coach and horses. 

RATTLING COVE.

A coachman. CANT.

*Taken verbatim from the Kindle edition of 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free e-copy HERE.

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~Regency Wednesday~ Elbow Grease

Hello, my lovelies!! I'm here today with another slang definition from my trusty 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Enjoy! 

ELBOW GREASE.

Labour. Elbow grease will make an oak table shine.

ELBOW ROOM.

Sufficient space to act in. Out at elbows; said of an estate that is mortgaged.

*Taken verbatim from the Kindle edition of the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free copy HERE.

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~Regency Wednesday~ Grappling Irons

I opened to a random page in my 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue and found a few slang terms for your reading enjoyment. ☺

GRAPPLING IRONS.
Handcuffs.

GRAVE DIGGER.
Like a grave digger; up to the a-se in business, and don't know which way to turn.

GREEDY GUTS.
A covetous or voracious person.

GREEK.
St. Giles's Greek; the slang lingo, cant, or gibberish.

*Taken verbatim from the Kindle edition of 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free copy HERE.

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~Regency Wednesday~ Plump

Time for another slang definition for your Regency edification. Enjoy!! 

PLUMP.

Fat, full, fleshy. Plump in the pocket; full in the pocket. To plump; to strike, or shoot. I'll give you a plump in the bread basket, or the vitualling office: I'll give you a blow in the stomach. Plump his peepers, or day-lights; give him a blow in the eyes. He pulled out his pops and plumped him; he drew out his pistols and shot him. A plumper; a single vote at an election. Plump also means directly, or exactly; as, it fell plump upon him: it fell directly upon him. 

PLUMP CURRANT. 

I am not plump currant; I am out of sorts.

*Taken verbatim from the Kindle edition of 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free copy HERE. 

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♫♪ Escala ~ Children

~Regency Wednesday~ Jilt

Due to time constraints, I'll share a simple slang definition (or two) from my handy 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Enjoy! ♥ 

JILT. 

A tricking woman, who encourages the addresses of a man whom she means to deceive and abandon. 

JILTED.

Rejected by a woman who has encouraged one's advances. 

*Taken verbatim from the Kindle edition of 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free e-copy HERE.

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~Regency Wednesday~ Against the grain

It's time for another Regency Wednesday and having missed the last two, I really need to post something, don't I? That said, here's a slang definition for you lovely creatures! ♥

This one goes along with the last slang definition I posted... ☺

AGAINST THE GRAIN.
Unwilling. It went much against the grain with him, i.e. it was much against his inclination, or against his pluck. 

*Taken verbatim from the Kindle edition of 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free e-copy HERE.

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~Regency Wednesday~ Pluck

Today's random slang definition is a word I'm sure many of you have seen at least once in a Regency romance, especially in reference to the heroine or another female character. I'm not sure I've ever see the word applied to any male characters, to be honest, though it's certainly not female exclusive.

PLUCK. 

Courage. He wants pluck: he is a coward. Against the pluck; against the inclination. Pluck the Ribbon; ring the bell. To pluck a crow with one; to settle a dispute, to reprove one for some past transgression. To pluck a rose; an expression said to be used by women for going to the necessary house, which in the country usually stands in the garden. To pluck also signifies to deny a degree to a candidate at one of the universities, on account of insufficiency. The first three books of Euclid, and as far as Quadratic Equations in Algebra, will save a man from being plucked. These unfortunate fellows are designated by many opprobrious appellations, such as the twelve apostles, the legion of honor, wise men of the East, &c.*

*Taken verbatim from the Kindle edition of 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free e-copy HERE.

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