1453-Intro-Victorian-English by A Way with Words published on 2016-10-09T16:50:30Z The 1909 volume Passing English of the Victorian Era by J. Redding Ware has a wealth of slang terms from that era. One entry even includes musical notation for Please mother open the door, a slang phrase that was sung, rather than spoken, to express admiration for a woman. http://waywordradio.org Genre Learning