17 Job Titles in Victorian Slang
In the later 18th and early nineteenth 100 , a trend come forth in English slang for bestowing mock “ championship ” on citizenry employ or engaged in various jobs or pursuit . So anadmiral of the blue air , for example , was a tavern keeper , so - called because of the color of his proscenium . Aqueen of the drip panwas a James Cook . Alord of the foresheetwas a ship ’s cook ....