Manly Slang from the 19th Century

By Miss Cellania in History on Mar 17, 2010 at 9:36 am

The Art of Manliness has a glossary of manly terms used over 100 years ago. Some terms survived well into the 20th century; I’ve used “a month of Sundays” myself. Others are strange but maybe you can guess the meanings, as in “Shut your bone box, you saucebox, or my bunch of fives will give you a fizzing blinker!” Link -via Boing Boing


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  1. Skipweasel
    Mar 17th, 2010 at 12:53 pm

    Still use Cupboard Love in this house.

  2. Gauldar
    Mar 18th, 2010 at 12:41 am

    That’s it, I’m bringing back saucebox!

  3. Ilan Ben Menachem
    Mar 18th, 2010 at 11:46 am

    yes i am agree with this comment…That’s it, I’m bringing back saucebox!

  4. Ilan Ben Menachem
    Mar 18th, 2010 at 11:50 am

    people love cupboard these days also

  5. Foreigner1
    Mar 19th, 2010 at 3:29 am

    Funny- A “barker” (pistol) also is used in it’s translation in Dutch- een “blaffer” for a pistol (Dutch – pistool) or revolver (Dutch- revolver) is still in use.


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