slang of the Victorian era

[miriam_e]

I was looking for a slang term from the Victorian era and thought there might be something on the internet. I was surprised to find that the Internet Archive has a scan of "Passing English of the Victorian Era" -- a book entirely devoted to Victorian slang.

https://archive.org/details/passingenglishof00wareuoft/page/n5/mode/2up

The internet is amazing. It is made even more amazing by the Internet Archive. I often download books and audio files from there and use its WaybackMachine to access webpages that are no longer online.

I just made another donation to them too. The work they do in safeguarding knowledge and culture is extremely important.