David Copperfield the first-person narrator of The Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, published serially 1849-50 and in book form 1850.
hemorrhage the escape of large quantities of blood from a blood vessel; heavy bleeding.
prostitute to sell (oneself, one's artistic or moral integrity, etc.) for low or unworthy purposes; here, one who compromises principle for money.
faggy fatigued; wearied.
falsies devices, as pads or breast-shaped forms, worn inside a brassiere to make the breasts look fuller.
ostracized banished, barred, excluded, etc. by general consent, as from a group or from acceptance by society.
grippe influenza; the flu.
t.b. tuberculosis (an infectious disease characterized by the formation of abnormal hard swellings in tissues of the body, especially in the lungs).
