Selected slang from Victorian London, A-C
Abram: to sham, to slum, to pretend sickness
Academy: a brothel, bagnio
Academican: a scholar at an academy, a whore at a brothel
Affair of honour: killing an innocent man in a duel
Angelics: young unmarried ladies
Bag the swag: pocket your portion, hide your whack
Bar that: forget it, stow it, don’t mention it
Bob: a shoplifter’s assistant
Buss: a kiss
Buttock and file: to pickpocket
Cake: an easy, stupid fellow
Cat: a drunken, fighting prostitute
Cheeks: an imaginary person nobody; as in, Who does that belong to? Cheeks.
Chere amie: a sweetheart; friend-with-benefits
Clean shirt day: Sunday
from victorianlondon.org
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