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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 .
plum n. 2 also plumb [SE plumb, a lump of lead; note Egan, Book of Sports (1832): ‘City Slang. — A man worth 100,000’] 1. a fortune of £100,000, usu. as a legacy or as the possession of an heiress; thus half a plum n., £50,000.
Victorian London - Words and Expressions - slang from 1850s & 1870s. SLANG WORDS AND PHRASES - A lecture recently delivered in Carlisle by the Rev. A. Munsell contained the following amusing and instructive passage:- The point to which I have next to direct attention is manliness in speech.
