Regency Reader Question: Turnip as an Insult

Regency Reader Question In Georgette Heyer’s novel, “The Grand Sophy”, the heroine goes to a backstreet, crooked moneylender, Goldhanger by name, and recovers Hubert’s pledge Continue
Regency Reader Question In Georgette Heyer’s novel, “The Grand Sophy”, the heroine goes to a backstreet, crooked moneylender, Goldhanger by name, and recovers Hubert’s pledge Continue
Most people swear. A little, or a lot. Intentionally…or one just slips out. But how did people in the Regency curse? Were they all really Continue
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
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