Also referred to as dibs, gingerbread, and rhino.Ī horse of poor quality. Nickname for the Royal Horse Guards, one of the three cavalry regiments charged with guarding the Royal Household the regiment received the epithet due to the color of their uniforms.
Also referred to as Flash of Lightning, Old Tom, and Stark Naked. Also referred to as bachelor fare, barque of frailty, Bird of Paradise, convenient, Cyprian,Demi-rep, game pullet, lady-bird, light-skirt, Paphian, peculiar, prime article, trollop, and wanton. Also referred to as bacon-brained, beef witted, caper witted, chucklehead, fatwit, goose, jingle-brained, nincompoop, rattleplate, slow top, and scatter witted.Ī woman of easy virtue. Also referred to as bachelor fare, barque of frailty, bit of muslin, convenient, Cyprian, Demi-rep, game pullet, lady-bird, light-skirt, Paphian, peculiar, prime article, trollop, and wanton.Ī silly person fool. Pickpockets who stole only silk handkerchiefs.Ī woman of easy virtue. Also referred to as bosky, be in your cups, castaway, disguised, eaten Hull cheese, foxed, jug-bitten, properly shot in the neck, tap-hackled, and top-heavy. Also referred to as bosky, be with malt above water, castaway, disguised, eaten Hull cheese, foxed, jug-bitten, properly shot in the neck, tap-hackled, and top-heavy. Also referred to as bacon-brained, bird witted, caper witted, chucklehead, fatwit, goose, jingle-brained, nincompoop, rattleplate, slow top, and scatter witted. Also referred to as prime bit of blood and sweet-goer.Ī loose stone that, when stood on, would squirt dirty on one's clean white stockings a 'Sharper' who preyed on raw young country squires or ignorant fops. Also known as the Bon Ton, the Haut Monde, High Society, the Quality, and the Ton.Ī fine piece of horseflesh. Also referred to as bachelor fare, Bird of Paradise, bit of muslin, convenient, Cyprian, Demi-rep, gamepullet, lady-bird, light-skirt, Paphian, peculiar, prime article, trollop, and wanton.Īn orderly assigned to a military officer. Also referred to as fustian nonsense and slum.Ī loose-skirted coat worn by men as a dressing gown.Ī woman of easy virtue. Also referred to as beef witted, bird witted, caper witted, chucklehead, fatwit, goose, jingle-brained, nincompoop, rattleplate, slow top, and scatter witted.Ī lot of nonsense. Also referred to as barque of frailty, Bird of Paradise, bit of muslin, convenient, Cyprian, Demi-rep, game pullet, lady-bird, light-skirt, Paphian, peculiar, prime article, trollop, and wanton.Ī silly person fool. Also referred to as dice.Ī woman of easy virtue. People confined to the stocks, or the pillory. (Their punishment after death for failing to procreate, it was said, would be to lead the apes into hell.) Also referred to as drunk as a wheelbarrow.Īn old maid or spinster. Also referred to as empty-headed and shallow cove. Also referred to as a damned hum.Ī widow on the catch.
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