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Victorian Courtly Codes and Conceits
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- 1. Legal constraint shaping inheritance and social standing meticulously observed
- 2. Messenger of tidings or social signals, subtle as a whispered hint
- 4. Silent bow to hierarchy expressed by posture, glance, or phrase
- 6. Secretive festivity or silent custom, veiled in allegory and disguise
- 9. Rules of engagement, rigid as the court but invisible to the untrained eye
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- 3. Framework of manners supporting social performance on the grand stage
- 5. Adjective for one who wields etiquette as finely as a rapier
- 7. Raw or rough, the opposite of polished etiquette, often harshly judged
- 8. Attire signifying rank and role beyond mere fashion—coded apparel
- 10. Essential polished veneer, often thin, masking inner intentions in society
- 11. Deceptively simple term masking the art of genial Victorian camaraderie
- 12. Mandatory social note, like an unskippable phrase in Victorian parlance
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