Cap/ Set One's Cap
Try to catch a sweetheart or a husband.
"It was clear to all of the guests at the Mottram ball Thursday last that Miss Rosamund Reiling has set her cap far Mr. Phillip Cavender.
It is the opinion of This Author that the two are well matched indeed."
--Lady Whistledown's Society Papers, 30 APRIL 1817
(An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn)
Cast up one's accounts
To vomit.
Anabel's stomach heaved. She spent all night casting up her accounts.
--inspired by Anabel's character in Fool for Love by Eloisa James
chit
A saucy, forward girl.
"Ellie wanted to strangle her. She didn't particularly like being condescended to by a chit of fourteen
years." --Eleanor Lyndon from Brighter Than the Sun by Julia Quinn
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