Regency Words: Addle plot

Addleplot – spoil sport, someone who disrupts or interferes with someone else’s enjoyment or plans. The term is said to date from around the 1690s. Continue

Addleplot – spoil sport, someone who disrupts or interferes with someone else’s enjoyment or plans. The term is said to date from around the 1690s. Continue

There is no clear history for the word bamboozle, a popular slang to describe a hoax, fib or confusion of a person. There are some Continue

This charming expression usually implies a gent who is good with his gig and horses, but it seems if we dig a bit deeper the Continue
“When a stranger first arrives in this overgrown city and finds upon alighting at the inn that he has still some miles perhaps to go Continue