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Victorian Trades and Slang Secrets
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
  • 1. Slang for a lamplighter
  • 2. Informal term for a street cleaner or sweeper
  • 3. Slang for a public house doorman or bouncer
  • 4. Farm worker’s essential tool, also slang for a farmer
  • 5. Slang for a bartender or pub worker
  • 6. Old term for a female housekeeper or governess
  • 9. Short form slang for a farrier, who shoes horses
  • 11. Victorian slang for a policeman’s club
  • 13. Used to describe railway workers or engineers
  • 14. To cheat or steal by trickery
  • 15. Common slang for a British soldier
  • 17. Victorian slang for a drinking companion or a tavern regular
Down
  • 7. Old term for a lantern, carried by night watchmen
  • 8. Laborer who built canals and railways
  • 10. Person who advertises at fairs or markets
  • 12. Derogatory term for a moneylender or usurer
  • 16. A street vendor or itinerant trader
  • 18. Caretaker of horses
  • 19. A pickpocket or petty thief
  • 20. A man, often used among thieves or sailors

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