Anne here, with a little bit of fun for the holiday season — my fourth Regency Slang Quiz. As usual with my quizzes, you'll need a pen and paper to note down your answers, then click on the link at the bottom to check your results, and come back and tell us how you went.
1) To be a trifle disguised means:—
a) you’re wearing a mask, not a full costume
b) to be slightly drunk
c) to be short of money
d) to be acting shiftily
2) If you make a cake of yourself, you are:—
a) overdressed, with too many jewels
b) overdoing things
c) pretending to act sweet (but you’re not sweet at all)
d) making a fool of yourself
3) If you are pitching the gammon, you’re:—
a) playing Toss-the-Ham, an old Christmas game
b) telling lies
c) playing cricket, using a traditional pigskin ball
d) making a surreptitious bet on a horse
4) If you’re drawing the bustle too freely, you’re:—
a) spending too much money
b) tying your corset strings too tightly
c) padding your bosom to look bigger
d) eating too much
5) If you ring a fine peal over someone, you:—
a) flatter them enormously
b) boast about them to others
c) scold them and tell them off
d) spoil them with presents
6) To offer someone a bag of moonshine means: —
a) to become unofficially engaged
b) to talk a lot of nonsense
c) to offer a handsome bribe
d) to offer them an IOU
7) To shoot the crow means:—
a) to be cheated at cards
b) to leave in a hurry without paying
c) to be very drunk and throw up
d) to be given short change
8) To be high in the instep means:—
a) to be light on your feet and dance very well
b) to be related to royalty (however distantly)
c) to wear shoes with lifts in them
d) to be haughty or proud
9) To tell Canterbury tales means:—
a) to tell lies
b) to tell traditional Christmas stories
c) to tell a funny story
d) to make jokes
10) To cut a wheedle means:—
a) to serve someone a slice of wheedle-cake
b) to dance a reel
c) to ingratiate yourself with someone by lying
d) to push into into a queue or line
11) To have a fit of the blue-devils means:—
a) to hallucinate
b) to have a panic-attack
c) to be deeply hungover
d) to be depressed
12) To be cucumberish means:—
a) to feel queasy and ill
b) to be cool and in control
c) to be short of money
d) to have plenty of money
Now you have made your choices, click here and find out the answers. Then come back and tell us how you went.
And if you enjoyed this, you could always try some of my previous quizzes.
Regency Slang Quiz No 1, Regency Slang Quiz No 2, Regency Christmas Quiz, Ten Lords a'Leaping Quiz, Dickens & A Christmas Carol Quiz .