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	19th Century British Slang

coconutshell

1-16-2007 11:01 PM

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coconutshell says:

More at the source....I noticed that they use a lot of first names for these...all them Bettys, Billys, Peters and Rays....

I'm going to see if my uncles know any of these...

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The husband, or preferred man of an Abbess.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Betty:</B>
A type of lockpick</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Billy:</B>
Handkerchief (often silk)</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Blow:</B>
Inform.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Blower:</B>
Informer.  Also a disrepectful term for a girl.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Chink:</B> 
Money</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Crapped:</B> 
hung, hanged.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Flam:</B> 
A lie</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Glock:</B>
Half-wit</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Haybag:</B>
Woman</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Judy:</B>
A woman, specifically a prostitute</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Lackin, Lakin:</B>
Wife</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Mark:</B>
The victim</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Nancy:</B>
Buttocks</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Peter:</B>
A box, trunk or safe.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Ray:</B>
1/6 (one and six-pence)</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Snowing:</B>
Stealing linen, clothes, etc, that have been hung out to dry.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html"><FONT size="-1">  <B>Toffer:</B> 
A superior whore.</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/076827F2-0C7A-484D-992C-6D8C4F6AA198/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>