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scantily clad...... a woman who is showing a lot of skin.....in danger of being considered a "hussy".
ne'r-do-well..... a person who is "no-account" and probably "shiftless"... of no value or worth
a fine strapping lad...... a young man who is healthy and strong and makes a good appearance
expression: "looking like butter wouldnt melt in her mouth" giving the appearance of innocence...(just the appearance, mind you!)
"looking poorly" sickly looking
"looking peaked" tired looking
"smart looking" looking fit and ready to go; as "fit as a fiddle"
"looking like something the cat dragged in" in rough shape
biscuits "light as a feather"
"she has such a pretty face".....usually meant but she was quite heavy or other wise unattractive.
bran' spankin' new.....not just new-- but brand spanking new!
I am asking about words or terms that your grandparents said that aren't used any more. I'm not talking about pre-1950s slang, just generic words.
I am 50 years old, so my grandparents and their siblings were born in the 1890s. My father's mother always used the word "grip" for "luggage" and my mother's mother always used the term "filling station" for "gas station." What words do you remember your family's older generations saying that you don't hear any more?
I don't recall too many words that my Mom's Mother use to say, she was always pretty awesomely cool and was up to date with her lingo..Nanny was the best. However, my Dad's Mom thought she was this big Boston Aristocrat and I use to drive her insane as a kid. I use to sit out on her porch and rock back and forth in these archaic rocking chairs. She use to say to me, "What are you doing child out on that PIAZZA..making all that racket". The PIAZZA I guess was the proper term for screened in Porch..didn't like her much. I am talking back in the 1950's when I was probably in kindergarden or first grade at the most. Probably deliberately made her nuts. My Grandfather use to rescue me..I would go out on plumbing jobs with him in his old truck then we would go get ice cream at the local drugstore soda fountain. Loved my Grandpa!!
My dad would call the back of the sofa the davenport. He aslo said that as a kid he called a soda a " temperence'. When they went to Atlantic City and wanted a soda and used that term and nobody knew what they meant. This was pre prohibition era. A basement was the cellar.
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