Learn · 1870s–1890s
A short dialogue using Gilded Age slang. Tap any line to hear it spoken.
Lord Ainsley
"A capital evening, was it not? Though Reginald arrived quite spifflicated."
Miss Vance
"That cad! And he had a mash on me last season — utter codswallop."
"Bully riddance, I say. The man is a gadabout of the worst sort."