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Regency Words: Top Sawyer

By Anne | November 28, 2015 - 2:16 pm |January 20, 2016 Regency Words

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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 →

Regency Lexicon: Swell

By Anne | July 27, 2012 - 10:14 am |July 27, 2012 Regency Words

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If you asked a person on the street the meaning of swell, they might mention a puffed up injury or as an expression like “Gee, Continue →

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: Mawkish

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

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 →

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