1811 ~ Alternate Historical Names for Clothing
- Togs ~ Clothes
- Articles or Inexpressibles ~ Underthings, sometimes Breeches
- Farting crackers or Galligaskins ~ Breeches
- Buntlings ~ Petticoats
- Fallalls ~ Ornaments, chiefly woman’s, such as ribands, necklaces, etc.
- India wipe ~ A silk handkerchief
- Specked whiper ~ A coloured handkerchief
- Knuckle-dabd, or knuckle-confounders ~ Ruffles
- Brogue ~ A particular kind of shoe without a heel, worn in Ireland
- Rum nab ~ A good hat
- An old ewe, drest lamb fashion ~ an old woman, drest like a young girl
- A well-rigged frigate ~ a well-dressed wench
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
“A button broke as we were fastening out collar – indeed, a button always does break when you are in a hurry and nobody to sew it on.”
~ Around the Tea Table by T. De Witt Talmage (1875)
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“The suspicion started that she laced to tight.”
~ Around the Tea Table, by T. De Witt Talmage (1875)