All posts tagged "expressions"
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47.4K1Arts and LeisureHell-Born Babes and Slubbers: Ten Ways to Call Someone Wicked in Colonial Times
Colonists coming from England had plenty of and informal and slang expressions to call someone evil. Here are ten of them: A...
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8.9K1Arts and LeisureHow To Call Someone a Drunk in Colonial Times – From The Drinkers Dictionary
In 1737, at the age of 31, Boston-born Benjamin Franklin decided to point out the many phrases people used to describe drunkenness....
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4.3KArts and LeisureIsaiah Thomas Prints a Guide to Sweet Talk in 1795
Isaiah Thomas is best known as a newspapermen and supporter of the American Revolution. But as a printer and publisher he did...
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5.6KArts and LeisureJilts, Flams and Jibber the Kibber – The Art of Lying in Colonial Times
Lying existed in the 1600s, just as it does today. And many slang expressions described liars and lying. Here, then, are a...
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5.2K1Arts and LeisureFambles, Giggs and Red Rags – A Guide to Early New England Physiology
In the 1600s if someone offered you a Pult in the Munns, you probably didn’t want it. They had lots of expressions...
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23.4K6MaineUSS Squalus Rescue: World Awaits News of Sailors’ Fate
In 1939, the greatest submarine rescue in history was undertaken off the coast of Portsmouth, N.H. This is the second part of...
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