red joy, ruddy joy:
opium
redcoats:
English militia
redstone:
brick
reticule:
purse
rondella:
an automated carousel-type apparatus
rounder:
a rubber carri tire
rub:
massage
Rumsen:
major city on the west coast of Toriana, roughly equivalent to San Francisco in the United States
satchel:
tote bag carried by women
scrabbler:
a person who makes a living by scavenging
scram:
salvage
seeing:
an act by a fortune-teller of predicting a client’s future
seeking:
an act by a fortune-teller of finding someone or something
Settle:
Seattle
shaman:
a native Torian holy man
shopkeep:
shop proprietor
short sheet:
a hastily printed, illegal daily list of horse races and other events for the purpose of placing bets
silverblack:
chemicals used to etch photographed images on ambrotype plates
skip:
boat
Skirmish, the:
a recent, brief naval conflict between England and Spain
slaterow:
a row house with slate shingles
snuff:
kill
snuffballs:
hollow glass spheres filled with magically enhanced poisons like bloodbane that kill on contact, used like grenades
snuffmages:
mage assassins who generally work in teams of two
Son, the:
Jesus Christ
soother:
chamomile herbal infusion, usually added to tea, to relax, relieve stress, and help with insomnia
Southern Church:
a Baptist version of Church of England, begun in the southern provinces of Toriana, tolerated by traditionalists
sparkglass:
a substance made of various minerals such as mica, galena, and silica that have been ground to a fine dust and mixed with exterior paint in order to create sparkle
spellcraft:
the methods and materials used by magic practitioners to cast spells
squawks:
slur for native Torian females
stones:
testicles
streaky:
a carri’s copper sideboards from which the black paint is wearing off or has been stripped off to simulate wear
strumpet:
prostitute
sweet Mary:
Mary, mother of Jesus
sweets:
candy
switch:
wig
Talia, Talian:
The Torian universe’s version of Italy, Italians
tealass:
a girl or woman who sells hot tea and cakes in a cafe or from a street cart
teller:
fortune-teller
tenner:
ten-pound note
Tillers:
a secret society comprising important political, business, and social figures
timepiece:
watch
tinnery:
a factory where fresh fish and other perishables are processed and canned in tin containers
tint:
a paper-copy image printed from an ambrotype glass plate; makeup used to redden cheeks and lips
tinter:
device used to imprint images on ambrotype glass plates
tintest:
a professional ambrotype plate developer and tint maker
to let:
available for rent
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