Trash Talk (1826, 1856, 1874)

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   From LITERATURE ONLINE.  I believe my 1950s "trash talk" (ADS-L archives) is more in line with the slang use we think of today, but take a look anyway.


1. Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881 [Author Record]

Vivian Grey (1826) 1587Kb
Vivian Grey. A New Edition. 1585Kb
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VOL. I. 245Kb
BOOK THE SECOND. 187Kb
CHAPTER XIV. THE HALL. 22Kb
..." " Exclusive ! pooh!  trash---talk to every body ---it looks...


2. Eliot, George, 1819-1880 [Author Record]

Middlemarch (1874) 1959Kb
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life: By George Eliot: New Edition---Complete in One Volume 1957Kb
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BOOK V. THE DEAD HAND. 243Kb
CHAPTER XLV. 43Kb
...the brink of death. The  trash talked on such occasions was...

1. Conway, H. J., 1800-1860 [Author Record]

Dred; A Tale Of The Great Dismal Swamp (1856) 253Kb
DRED; A TALE OF THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP. A DRAMA, IN FOUR ACTS, FOUNDED ON THE NOVEL OF THE SAME TITLE, BY Mrs. H. B. STOWE. 252Kb
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Main text 247Kb
ACT III. 73Kb
Scene IV. 20Kb
...thought so. Its only such  trash talks about giving notes. [Standardized name]...