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56 Delightful Victorian Slang Terms You Should Be Using

BAGS O’ MYSTERY An 1850 term for sausages, “because no man but the maker knows what is in them. ... The 'bag' refers to the gut which contained the chopped meat.”
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Mystery, Mythology, and Magic: Barnabas Tew and The Case Of The Nine Worlds

Hold your flying horses! Barnabas Tew and Wilfred Colby are back, and, once again, they’re in a bit of a pickle.   Barnabas and Wilfred, two earnest but bumbling Victorian detectives, travel through the Nine Worlds of Norse mythology, trying to stave off the impending end of the world – an event which the locals … Continue reading Mystery, Mythology, and Magic: Barnabas Tew and The Case Of The Nine Worlds
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