• Glossary Dead = really; common in certain British dialects, particularly in the Midlands (i.e. around Birmingham). Read More
• Glossary Dead = really; common in certain British dialects, particularly in the Midlands (i.e. around Birmingham). Read More
• Glossary Dead = really; common in certain British dialects, particularly in the Midlands (i.e. around Birmingham). Read More
• Glossary Dead = really; common in certain British dialects, particularly in the Midlands (i.e. around Birmingham). Read More
• Glossary A reference by American witch Tina Goldstein in 1926 invoking the name of a woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials in 1693 (WFT). Tina wondered “Why in the name of Deliverance Dane?” Newt Scamancer would allow his pet Niffler to roam free and pillage a bank vault… Read More
• Glossary Used by the Fat Lady as a Gryffindor password in sixth year (HBP12, HBP14). A kind of stew or porridge that historically was offered to the British monarch on coronation day by the lord of the manor of Addington, Surrey (NSOED)… Read More
• Glossary A pet name for a farm horse, or for any horse used as a working animal to pull carts and the like (NSOED). Read More
• Glossary Unreliable, with slightly criminal or less than honest overtones. Probably derived from “dodging the law”. Read More
• Glossary A slang term for a place to sleep; by extension, any easy task offering a lot of opportunity for being lazy (NSOED). Read More
• Clothing • Glossary A fitted garment for a man, covering the upper body and worn over a shirt. A doublet has a very short stiffened little “skirt” that is meant to conceal the “points” at the waistline where the wearer’s trousers are laced on (something like the eyes of a modern shoe, where… Read More
• Glossary While this can be used to mean “drowsy” or lazy, it’s often used to mean thick. Read More
• Glossary U.S.: draft (both in the senses of “air current” and of “a quantity of something to be drunk”). Read More
• Architecture • Glossary Short for “withdrawing room”, a room of a house to which ladies might withdraw, e.g., if the gentlemen at a dinner party have a males-only session of port and cigars after dinner. The use of such a room is not normally restricted to ladies, however. Read More
• Glossary A cupboard or set of shelves for dishes or kitchen utensils. [Source: Dictionary.com]… Read More