Archive for June, 2007

stamps

Anne | June 29th, 2007 | No Comments »

Legs.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

puppy

Anne | June 28th, 2007 | No Comments »

An affected or conceited coxcomb.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

iron

Anne | June 27th, 2007 | No Comments »

Money in general.

Also: To polish the king’s iron with one’s eyebrows; to look out of grated or prison windows, or, as the Irishman expresses them, the iron glass windows. Iron doublet; a prison.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

fubsey

Anne | June 26th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Plump. A fubsey wench; a plump, healthy wench.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.