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Regency Cant
A "Beautiful Stepper" is:
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A good horse with a fine and easy gait
An attractive young lady?
A distinguished entertainer
"Beneath my touch" refers to:
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The inability to grab something
Someone or something not being good enough
Someone who has deceased
Which is not another word for a woman of ill repute?
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Demirep
A bit of muslin
A dun
Which word is not like the others:
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Blunt
The Rhino
Bosky
If you "swallow a spider" you:
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Have no funds
Become ill or look faint
Are in desperate need of a hospital post haste
When one would "hunt the squirrel" they would:
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Go on a hunt with men of a higher status
Visit the watercloset
Pass a carriage so close as to touch the wheels together
A person who becomes known as an "ape leader" is also known as:
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A drunken fool
An old maid
One who boxes well
What are "Barnacles"
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Pendants
Illegitimate Children
Eyeglasses
To be "cucumberish" is to:
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Be taxing oneself too much
Have no money
Be melancholy
Which does not mean to be intoxicated:
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Too ripe and ready
Top-heavy
To be on the high ropes
Comments, questions, anything you need to get off your chest?
Rules:
*Only one submission per entrant, please.
**Answers do not need to be correct to win--just have fun guessing