honest woman
Anne | August 12th, 2008 | No Comments »To marry a woman with whom one has cohabitated as a mistress, is termed, making an honest woman of her.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
To marry a woman with whom one has cohabitated as a mistress, is termed, making an honest woman of her.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Prisoners.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
One of those phrases that sounds too modern.
Clothes.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A shop. Any quantity of goods. As, plant the swag; conceal the goods. Rum swag; a shop full of rich goods. CANT.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.