book-muslin with gigot sleeves—a light cotton fabric, once used to cover books, that was fashioned into sleeves that ballooned from below the shoulder to the forearm.
hansom—a two-wheeled covered carriage for two passengers.
La Bruyère—Jean de la Bruyère (1645–96), a French essayist and moralist.
bezique—a card game resembling pinochle, but using a double deck of sixty-four cards comprised of two of each card above the six.
