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    Default 18th Century Slang Terms to Work Into Your Next Post

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    Interesting Bill.
    Some totally unknown to me , but number 2 still in use,3 now means well pleased, 6 means a bit of a dodgy person, 9 means do you understand,10, 11, and 12 are the same today as they were then.
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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    What fun! It reminds me of my days on the Renaissance Faire circuit, consorting with callipygian wenches!

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    Can you really remember that far back Dobbs!

    Somewhere in the house I have a book on slang as used in the Georgian underworld.

    The title of the book "Moll Flanders" has a totally new connotation when viewed through the eyes of the period!
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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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    Thank you for expanding our vocabulary, Bill. I had encountered some of them before. They remind me of words that the English actor Stephen Fry uses.

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    I so very much enjoy Stephen Fry's work!

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    QI is one of my favourite quiz shows.
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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.

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