Harlequin Historical Authors Test Your Regency-Speak

Harlequin Historical Authors Test Your Regency-Speak

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One of the delights of the Regency period is its unique descriptive language. Most of us who set books in the Regency can't resist having our characters use at least a few of the colorful expressions. Authors Diane Gaston, Emily May, Ann Lethbridge, Julia Justiss and Deb Marlowe teamed up to make a list of some of their favorites. How many meanings can you correctly identify?

  1. 1

    'Barnacles' are found on a ship, but in the Regency they are also known to be:

  2. 2

    To be 'glimflashy' is to:

  3. 3

    "Have your wits gone begging?"

  4. 4

    To have an attack of the blue devils means:

  5. 5

    A 'cackling fart' is:

  6. 6

    To 'fly up into the boughs' is to:

  7. 7

    A 'star gazer' is:

  8. 8

    To 'shoot the cat' is to:

  9. 9

    A person who is 'betwattled':

  10. 10

    An 'eternity box' is:

  11. 11

    A 'fancy man' is:

  12. 12

    A person who is 'swimming in lard' is:

  13. 13

    A 'bone box' is

  14. 14

    To 'make a cake of oneself' is to:

  15. 15

    To 'empty the butter-boat over someone' is to:

  16. 16

    If a man 'gives a girl a green gown' he:

  17. 17

    'Haymarket ware' is:

  18. 18

    If a man 'lies in state' he:

  19. 19

    'All abroad' refers to:

  20. 20

    To be 'frenchified' is to:

  21. 21

    A lady who is 'high in the instep' is:

  22. 22

    The term 'metling moments' refers to:

  23. 23

    'Belows to mend' means:

  24. 24

    An 'abbess' is:

  25. 25

    'Bachelors' fare' is:

  26. 26

    To be in a 'brown study' is to:

  27. 27

    An 'apple dumpling shop' is:

  28. 28

    'Calf-clingers' are:

  29. 29

    Which of the following phrases means 'to be married'?

  30. 30

    To be 'dicked in the nob' is to be:

  31. 31

    To 'talk moonshine' is to:

  32. 32

    A Flash of Lightning is:

  33. 33

    'Find fault with a fat goose' and you're:

  34. 34

    "Bacon-brained":

  35. 35

    A 'double jug' is:

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