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Regency Reader Questions: Daisy Cutters

By Anne | June 30, 2023 - 7:14 am |July 25, 2023 Regency Reader Questions, Regency Words

Moniker/Name snuggles.schubert Source of Question Reg Rom Book Your Question What does “pitched a daisy cutter” mean? I believe it is a failure of some sort. Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Eel-Backed

By Anne | June 20, 2023 - 7:42 am |July 9, 2023 Regency Reader Questions, Regency Words

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Just re-read Heyer’s _Cotillion_ and twice it uses the idiom “eel-backed”–can’t find that anywhere, does anyone have a notion what is meant? Thanks for the Continue →

Regency Words: Smell of the Shop and Cit

By Anne | June 8, 2023 - 7:50 am |June 23, 2023 Regency Words

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When referring to the middle or merchant class, Regency romance novels will often use the term Cit or the phrase “smell of the shop”. In Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Carlton House to a Charley’s Shelter

By Anne | April 6, 2023 - 8:10 am |April 24, 2023 Regency Reader Questions, Regency Words

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Moniker/Name Marebear Source of Question Reg Rom Book Your Question What (if anything) does “Carlton House to a Charley’s shelter” as used sometimes by Georgette Continue →