Playful Practice and Progress with Friends
Regency Era
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Bang up to the mark = Excellent or impressive
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Bilk = To cheat or swindle
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Blunt = Money
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Blue-stocking = An intellectual woman, often used derisively
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Buffle-head = A fool or blundering person
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Coxcomb = A vain, conceited man
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Cut direct = To deliberately snub someone in public
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Dicked in the nob = Eccentric or crazy
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Drag = A stylish or fancy carriage
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Dunce = A slow-witted person
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Fop = A man overly concerned with fashion and appearance
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Foxed = Drunk
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Gammon = Nonsense; to deceive
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High flyer = A fast carriage or an extravagant person
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Leg-shackled = Married
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Making a cake of oneself = Acting foolishly, often in love
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Milk-sop = A weak or timid man
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Ninnyhammer = A simpleton or fool
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Peagoose = A silly or gullible person
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Posting = Traveling by hired horses between inns
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Rake = A man known for immoral behavior, especially with women
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Sapskull = An idiot
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Swell = A fashionable or wealthy person
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Top of the trees = Socially elite or highly fashionable
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Tulip of the Ton = A very fashionable gentleman
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Under the hatches = In debt or financial difficulty
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Witless = Lacking intelligence or sense
Victorian Era
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Bags o' mystery = Sausages
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Bricky = Brave or fearless
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Cove = A man or fellow
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Dicked in the nob = Crazy or not right in the head
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Gigglemug = Someone who is always smiling
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Got the morbs = Feeling temporarily melancholic or sad
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Gulled = Fooled or tricked
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Mafficking = Rowdy celebration or wild partying
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Nanty narking = Great fun or lively enjoyment
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Not up to dick = Unwell or in poor condition
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Peckish = Hungry
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Poked up = Annoyed or irritated
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Rumbumptious = Arrogant, self-important
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Saucebox = A cheeky or impudent person (especially a woman)
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Shabby-genteel = Someone pretending to be refined/upper-class
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Skedaddle = To leave quickly or run away
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Smothering a parrot = Vomiting (especially from drinking too much absinthe)
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Snoozing ken = A place to sleep (e.g., lodging house)
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Swells = Wealthy, fashionably dressed people
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Tight as a boiled owl = Extremely drunk
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Toff = A rich or upper-class person
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Whooper-ups = Bad singers (often at pubs or street corners)
Edwardian Era
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Bally = A mild expletive, like "bloody"
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Blighter = A contemptible or annoying person
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Crikey! = An exclamation of surprise or shock
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Ducky = A term of endearment or approval (e.g., “You look simply ducky!”)
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Doing the ton = Going very fast (used metaphorically for speed or style)
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Early doors = Arriving early
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Fag = A cigarette (still common in the UK)
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Full of beans = Energetic, enthusiastic
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Giggle juice = Alcohol, especially champagne or punch
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Hobbledehoy = An awkward or clumsy young man
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Knackered = Exhausted or very tired
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Mutton dressed as lamb = An older woman trying to dress or act much younger
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Nose rag = A handkerchief
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Piffle = Nonsense or something silly
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Rag and bone man = A junk collector
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Ripping = Fantastic or excellent (e.g., “What a ripping time we had!”)
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She’s the cat’s whiskers = She’s very stylish or attractive
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Slap and tickle = Flirtation or mild sexual activity
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Spiffing = Wonderful, splendid
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Tickety-boo = Fine, okay, going smoothly
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Toodle-pip = Cheerful way of saying goodbye
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Top hole! = Excellent or first-rate
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Wangle = To scheme or maneuver something to your advantage
Silent Generation
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Ankle-biter = A small child
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Applesauce! = Nonsense; "That's ridiculous!"
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Burn rubber = Drive away quickly
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Cheaters = Eyeglasses
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Cruisin’ for a bruisin’ = Looking for trouble
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Daddy-O = Cool guy; used like "man" or "dude"
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Dead hoofer = A bad dancer
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Dig it = Understand or appreciate (esp. music)
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Doll = Attractive woman
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Dreamboat = Attractive man
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Flip your wig = Get overly excited or angry
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G-man = FBI agent ("Government man")
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Hit the hay = Go to sleep
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In the sticks = In a rural or remote area
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Joint = A place or venue (e.g., nightclub or bar)
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Killjoy = Someone who ruins the fun
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Knuckle sandwich = A punch to the face
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Made in the shade = In a great or easy situation
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Make tracks = Leave quickly
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Moxie = Courage, energy, or nerve
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Peepers = Eyes or glasses
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Scram! = Get out of here!
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Square = A boring or conventional person
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Swell = Great, excellent, cool
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Take a powder = Leave quickly or make a discreet exit
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Threads = Clothes
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Wig out = Lose control or panic
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