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Readers of historical romance tend to think of the Georgian and Regency periods as being as prim and proper, in terms of women's language, as the Victorian period. In fact, the 1800s were a much looser and more ribald period, in which women appear to have freely enjoyed all kinds of bawdy jokes. Here's one published in the The Rambler's Magazine; or the Annals of Gallantry, Glee, Pleasure, and the Bon Ton, etc (1783-90):
This is Eloisa's Egg #24 - "collect" them all! |