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21 Ιουλ 2015 · Here are an even dozen, pretty much forgotten slanglike words or sayings from the 19th century, rediscovered while delving in the archives — and with added guidance from James Maitman's 1891...
30 Οκτ 2015 · Find out the meaning behind 19th century terms like church bell (a chatterbox), gibface (an ugly person), meater (a coward), mutton shunter (a cop), and whooperup (a bad singer).
15 Ιουν 2011 · Meaning "something desirable" is first recorded 1780, probably in ref. to the sugar-rich bits of a plum pudding, etc. Some of the OED references seem to be examples of plum being used to mean "something desirable" rather than misspellings of plumb meaning "completely." Share.
30 Αυγ 2023 · Do you want to learn unusual words and old-timey slang to make conversation more interesting, or discover fascinating tidbits about the origins of everyday phrases?
13 Μαΐ 2021 · When you review these commonly used Victorian era sayings and expressions, it becomes easy to see how slang affects the English language. Now that you have been exposed to these informal phrases from centuries gone by, explore a few more examples of slang words from the past and today .
Our guide to British slang words, lingo & expressions includes regional variations from the Queen's English, Cockney, to Welsh colloquialisms.
30 Αυγ 2016 · A recently released into the public domain book called Passing English of the Victorian era, a dictionary of heterodox English, slang and phrase which was compiled and written by James Redding Ware ( the pseudonym of Andrew Forrester) has some wonderful examples of Victorian slang and here we have shared a few of a favourites from this ...
