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garms:
garments
gaslamp:
exterior lighting powered by natural gas
gel:
girl (common, casual, generally used to refer to females of the merchant class)
get the sack:
be fired
gildstone:
marble
ginger:
woman with red hair
glass:
common term for ambrotype glass plate negative
glassed:
photographed
glasshield:
windshield
glassies, glassines:
protective, preservative glass coatings applied to documents
glasslung:
terminal respiratory disease caused by inhaling sparkglass; suffered by painters and construction workers
gogs:
protective eyewear
goldstone:
building made of blocks of pyrite-flecked granite
gone off:
suffered a mental breakdown
gowners:
dressmakers who specialize in creating gowns for wealthy society women
gravecart:
hearse
Great Uprising, the:
Toriana’s name for the failed revolutionary war against England
Great War, the:
Toriana’s version of WWI
hatch drop:
manhole access to underground tunnels
hellchild:
a child believed to be demon-possessed and therefore impervious to magic
Herself:
slang term for the queen of England
hidey-holes:
small, concealed places in houses for people to hide in or use to spy on someone
Hill, the:
an area of Rumsen where most of the wealthy and titled reside
H.M.:
abbreviation for Her Majesty
hothead:
woman with red hair
illuminator:
a device that works like a primitive film projector
Independence:
freedom from English rule
johnnies:
men who hire prostitutes
keroseel:
a combination of seal, whale, or fish oil and kerosene
keyfob:
a chain-and-loop key ring, carried by men
keylace:
a ribbon key ring, worn around a woman’s wrist
kipbag:
mesh tote
kneecappers:
criminal enforcers who use clubs to shatter the knees of their victims
knickers:
underwear
lampflies:
fireflies
lass:
girl (affectionate, proper)
lav:
lavatory
loo:
toilet
loomgel:
a girl or woman who works in a menial position at a textile factory
loomworks:
textile factory
loon:
a mentally disturbed person
loon herder:
an orderly at an asylum
loonhouse:
asylum for the mentally disturbed
Lost Timers:
brigades of English and Italian soldiers who became lost in the Brecheliant forest and were there possessed by Aramanthan spirits
lungfever:
slang for influenza
mage:
magic practitioner
magis, magistrate:
judge
