HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
2608 followers · 280 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk#MUNDUNGUS: Bad or rank tobacco from ‘mondongo,’ a Spanish word signifying tripes, or the uncleaned entrails of a beast, full of filth. #Grose1823 #MundungusFletcher #HarryPotter
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#RAKE #RAKEHELL, or #RAKESHAME: A lewd, debauched fellow.
#MAN_OF_THE_TOWN: A rake, a debauchee. #Grose1823
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#HELL, or #HELLS: Gambling-houses at the West End of the town. #Grose1823
Gambling Houses in the East End or of a lower class were referred to as #Black_Hells.
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#SWELL: A gentleman; but any well dressed person is emphatically termed a ‘swell’. A family man who appears to have plenty of money & makes a genteel figure is said to be in ‘Swell-Street’. A ‘swell crib’ is a genteel house; a ‘swell mollisher’ an elegantly dressed woman. #Grose1823
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#CHRISTMAS COMPLIMENTS: A cough, kibed (chapped/cracked) heels, and a snotty nose. #Grose1823
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#MUFFLERS: Boxing-gloves, used in sparring. #Grose1823
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#TODDLE: To walk away.
Example: ‘The cove was touting, but stagging the traps he toddled.’
Translation: ‘he was looking out, and seeing the officers he walked away’
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#COACH_WHEEL: A half-crown piece is a fore coach wheel, and a crown piece a hind coach wheel; the fore wheels of a coach being less than the hind ones. #Grose1823
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
2 followers · 13 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk#FOGEY. Old FOGEY. A nick-name for an invalid soldier derived from the French word fougeux, fierce or fiery. (#Grose1823)