Welcome to annemallory.com! This site contains information about Anne and her novels as well as a few fun distractions. This page is updated nearly every day. If this is your first visit, you may be scratching your head at some of the posts that have the tiny "Word of the Day" label at the bottom. These are a fun Regency diversion posted Monday through Friday. Enjoy!
June 30th, 2009
I’m having a quick one day contest over at the Jaunty Quills for a $10 Amazon gift certificate. Stop by and post about young love, nostalgia, Judy Blume, For the Earl’s Pleasure, or anything else that strikes your fancy.
Happy Tuesday!
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June 23rd, 2009
For the Earl’s Pleasure will be released in one week on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009. W00T!
Here is the cover. A back cover blurb and excerpt can be found on the book’s page.
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May 18th, 2009
A joke. A satirical hint.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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May 15th, 2009
Horse stealers.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
I like the usage of “stealers.”
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May 14th, 2009
Tea.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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April 28th, 2009
Used by thieves to signify searching a person whom they have robbed. Blast his eyes! frisk him.
-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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April 27th, 2009
A foolish fellow.
-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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April 24th, 2009
To shuffle cards minutely: also, to change the pack.
-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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April 23rd, 2009
A dependent, poor relation, or simpleton, on whom all kinds of practical jokes are played off; and who serves as a butt for all the shafts of wit and ridicule.
-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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April 22nd, 2009
An exclamation said to be derived from the Italian word cazzo.
-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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