Talk:scandal

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Equinox in topic scandal-water

scandal-water

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John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) has scandal-water, meaning tea ("from old maids' tea-parties being generally a focus for scandal", i.e. gossip). I can't find any uses in Google Books. Equinox 18:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

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