Regency Words: Poltroon
Poltroon means: An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch. Its usage dates from the 1520s, likely taken from the French poultron (rascal, coward) or Italian poltrone (coward). According to Continue
Poltroon means: An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch. Its usage dates from the 1520s, likely taken from the French poultron (rascal, coward) or Italian poltrone (coward). According to Continue
Question: Have you ever investigated the term “cawker ” – I believe I read it in Heyer though I don’t remember where. One of her Continue
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A reader was looking for some Regency slang meaning robbed: Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1823) The above are two examples you will Continue