Telegraph journalist Michael Deacon has found himself a little bit of linguistic treasure.

Bought a second-hand copy of the Penguin Dictionary of Historical Slang (1937) and it’s the finest 10p I ever spent pic.twitter.com/js3cLwrJOz — Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) August 12, 2018

He has very kindly been sharing some of the more colourful insults and expressions with his Twitter followers, and we think some of these might be worth memorising, if only so we know what Boris Johnson is talking about a little more often.

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So many beautiful old words and phrases that are ripe for revival pic.twitter.com/XDFz8tnvCo — Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) August 12, 2018

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All these years we’ve been spelling it wrong pic.twitter.com/Vusk4ugYTX — Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) August 13, 2018

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Where did we get the idea that Victorians were prudes pic.twitter.com/9SPN8nCWoA — Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) August 13, 2018

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