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Regency Words: Monkey and money

By Anne | October 13, 2011 - 9:30 pm |October 13, 2011 Regency Words

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When a gentleman said he bet a monkey, what did he mean? 500 pounds, of course. A gentleman close to the River Tick might have Continue →

Regency Lexicon: Cuckold

By anneglover | May 4, 2011 - 10:44 am |May 4, 2011 Regency Words

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Regencies describing adulterous females are wont to use the word cuckold. Where does the term come from? mid-13c., kukewald, from O.Fr. cucuault, from cocu (see Continue →

Regency Lexicon: Mawkish

By anneglover | March 14, 2011 - 9:35 pm |March 14, 2011 Regency Words

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mawk·ish (môksh) adj. 1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental. 2. Sickening or insipid in taste. Sense of “sickly sentimental” is first recorded 1702. [From Middle English mawke, Continue →