—Regency Wednesday— Ninnyhammer

I've been shamefully neglecting my blog of late, and my site in general. We were without internet for a while, which made blogging rather difficult. Then we had internet and I still didn't post. So sorry. Please forgive me and enjoy this selection of fun Regency slang. ♥

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—Regency Wednesday--
Ninnyhammer

Martinet. 
A military term for a strict disciplinarian: from the name of a French general, famous for restoring military discipline to the French army. He first disciplined the French infantry, and regulated their method of encampment: he was killed at the siege of Doesbourg in the year 1672. 

​Natty Lads. 
Young thieves or pickpockets. Cant. 

​Ninny, or Ninnyhammer. 
A simpleton. 

​Ottomised. 
To be ottomised; to be dissected. You'll be scragged, ottomised, and grin in a glass case: you'll be hanged, anatomised, and your skeleton kept in a glass case at Surgeons' Hall. 

Peckish. 
Hungry.* 

​*Taken verbatim from the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free Kindle edition HERE.

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