Curse and swear words 1820s England

I have been using the word 'damn' for my female charachter when she is frustrated, which may not be a word she would use at that time.

I need a curse or swear word that a English Lady in the 1820s might have used or possibly would think but not say, at times of frustration and when extremly angry.

Any idea?

She is educated and wealthy but has no title.

Guys, thank you... although raised and bread in England she is in Australia and has spent at least three years married to an Australian here prior to my WIP begining.

Her time here would'nt not have been greatly different to England as far as the people she encountered, which would have been the genteel society of England, London high society, and her last husband would have been a high ranking officer in the King of Englands navey as would be her intended fiancee. Both were English.

As she would have been coming across both Irish, English and Scottish convicts from all classes there is no reason I can see that she could not have picked up a certain word from them.

I am also looking for a word that could really insult a man that she may have come across but might not be able to say but can think, and words that she may say when frustrated, or situations when she could very well murder

Is there a word a woman considered a lady could have said to a man back then that would have truely cut through him.

Bastard? - would she say it all think it in a context other then him not knowing his father.

And pdr, with the word 'damn' and 'bloody' by the time she is using them she is far removed from societly and placed on an esate in the middle of nowwhere. Could she not say them when alone, when she is removed from that society.

I would be greatly interested in the hearing the words you are thinking of and the country side that they come from. My charachters original location is not set in stone.

qwerty said:

I really don't think she'd say bastard. She would call a man a cad, a bounder or a rake. Bloody is definitely out, but "damnation" could be used as an internally thought expletive.

When frustrated, she may say: "Saints preserve me" or "Give me strength".

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Ah, gwerty - I like the 'Saints preserve me" but would a Protestant say that? I must have lost something from all the responses to my last post. If Protestants don't pray to saints would that be something they would say.

Gee, it seems so easy.

Thanks guys for the comments and Carmy for the link. My father is 64 and I must say I have never heard him swear, but my husband says he swears like a trooper. My mother has always sworn lololol -

OpheliaRevived - to answer your question. My charachter although fictional is based on a woman who came to Australia in 1801 after the death of her father left her family impoverished. She was a cousin of Lord Nelson and baring letters of introduction from Nelson her family arrived in Australia and were granted land. She married a free settler here who died and left her substancial control of propertys in Sydney and country.

DeleyanLee said:

Whether or not you want to order from Amazon, I do believe this is the reference book you're looking for: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1406810053/?tag=absolutewritedm-20

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Lol just downloaded free copy at gutenberg and had a very brief look


http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/dcvgr10.txt

Maybe she can call him a beard splitter

That download will take hours to read.

Although I am not sure I want to her to say anything that will make the scene funny I found this mix of words.

a corked-brained brisket beater

CORK-BRAINED. Light-headed, foolish

BRISKET BEATER. A Roman catholic.