Regency Reader Questions: Cawker
Question: Have you ever investigated the term “cawker ” – I believe I read it in Heyer though I don’t remember where. One of her Continue
Question: Have you ever investigated the term “cawker ” – I believe I read it in Heyer though I don’t remember where. One of her Continue
Grose, F., Egan, P. (1823). Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. United Kingdom: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones. While the origin of this term is fairly obvious, it could be applied Continue
We recently featured the Bang Up gentleman’s hat, and you may have been wondering where that expression came from. Grose, F. (1811). A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Continue
In the Regency, instead of being green with envy, the colour depicting jealousy was yellow! If you were said to look yellow, you were said Continue