—Regency Wednesday— Hugotontheonbiquiffinarians

Hello again, my lovelies! Welcome back to my blog, my new blog, that is. I'm so glad you're here. ☺ 

It's Regency Wednesday, and just because my blog has moved and few things will be different, this will not. 

For this week's post, let's keep it simple. There's this book I have called 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. That's right, let's have another lesson in Regency slang! ​

As always, these are randomly selected. Some may be repeats of previous posts on my previous blog. I try not to do that, but it's inevitable. lol

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To Hop the Twig.
To run away. Cant.

​Hugotontheonbiquiffinarians.
​A society existing in 1748.

Puff, or Puffer.
One who bids at auctions, not with an intent to buy, but only to raise the price of the lot; for which purpose many are hired by the proprietor of the goods on sale.* 

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That weirdly long word for some mysterious society stuck out to me. I, of course, looked it up. The only thing I could find was this reference in the 1811 Vulgar Dictionary. So... yeah. Still a mystery. If any of my lovely readers happens to know anything more, please let us all know in the comments! LOL

*Taken verbatim from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get the e-book free for your kindle HERE.