Pocket [ Clothing & Fashion ]
… pocket-sized knick-knacks meant to accessorize fashionable sociability such as a set of natty portable ‘fashionable conversation cards’ advertised in 1791 which gave women appropriate conversational cues in both French and English for drawing-room chit-chat whilst some ladies’ pocketbooks promised … of the pocket was targeted by an ever encroaching market keen to harness any business opportunity. 4 . Such a pack of conversation cards was advertised in The World (Wednesday 14th December 1791) together with the pocketbook promising the …
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