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Regency Words: Hot Flannel

By Anne | December 16, 2018 - 7:33 am |January 2, 2019 Regency Dish, Regency Words

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The Flash Dictionary,1821 I have seen a romance author or two reference this, and honestly I think at the time I probably thought they meant Continue →

Regency Words: Lines of Poetry

By Anne | August 8, 2018 - 7:21 am |August 10, 2018 Regency Literature, Regency Words

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Appeared in the July 1800 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum. In every odd Regency, one of the characters is an inspiring poet. I thought Continue →

Regency Words: Quiz

By Anne | July 28, 2017 - 7:21 am |August 20, 2017 Regency Words

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Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1823 The term quiz didn’t start appearing in cant dictionaries until the 19th century. I found the usage Continue →

Regency Words: That’s the Ticket!

By Anne | April 20, 2017 - 8:20 am |May 10, 2017 Regency Words

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The Scottish Guardian. January to June 1872. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1895 Words, facts, and phrases; a dictionary of curious, quaint, and … 1882 Continue →