Underused but delightful, descriptive words

Lovely to see "furtle" and "fankle" mentioned here; both bring back memories of my late sister who used both. She said they became part of her vocabulary during the time when she lived in north east Scotland.
One of my favourite words is "reciprocity". I rarely have need to use it but I love the way it rolls around the mouth!

We had a cubby hole. Now it’s just called under the stairs

Does anyone have a 'drawing room' nowadays? Originally a 'withdrawing room' to which the ladies retired after dinner to leave the gentlemen to enjoy their cigars and port. My granny had a drawing room which we were seldom allowed to enter. Only the minister was entertained there when he chose to call. We were relegated to the 'parlour' where we listened to the 'wireless', now almost universally called 'the radio'.

Yes, Maccasser oil was used by men as hair oil in the Victorian period. Maccasser is a town in South Africa which gave its name to the oil.

onerous

wintergreen
ointment

Never knew what the first meant.
And now we only seem to have lotions and creams.

Glorianny!
Oil of Wintergreen ointment! Zambuk !
I bought a teeny tiny tin of it from Savers,
because it reminded me of my long gone Gran who applied
it as a cure all, a powerful eyewatering smell.
Now I’m all nostalgic, reminiscing, thanks.

SORES

Glorianny!
Oil of Wintergreen ointment! Zambuk !
I bought a teeny tiny tin of it from Savers,
because it reminded me of my long gone Gran who applied
it as a cure all, a powerful eyewatering smell.
Now I’m all nostalgic, reminiscing, thanks.

For me it's always linked with my brother who played rugby at school. He reeked of it on Saturday evenings after some injury.

Parlour.

porlocking

Shilly shallying

Wash- house. We have one . It isn’t as posh or modern as a utility room but very useful for drying clothes on the “pulley line” and washing flower pots etc in the Belfast sink plus where the freezer and washing machine live.

Codswallop.

I came out with “irksome” recently - my husband fell about laughing and hasn’t let me forget the word since!

Botheration.

My grandmother said, ‘five and twenty to (or past) the hour’
She called our long socks ‘stockings’ and my brothers’ shorts ‘knickers’
My mother in law called petticoats ‘underskirts’ but even ‘petticoat’ is archaic now.

My mum always said "five and twenty".
I really like that, but when my grandson moved in, I realised he couldn't tell the time on my clock, with it's Roman numerals.

He had simply never come across a clock like that before.

Tomfoolery!

peccadillo

liverish

gerrymander

kerfuffle

Cwtch
Antimacassers
Spills
Firedogs
Cruet
Condiment
Eau de nil - pale green
Bodkin
Bolster
Chamber pot
Frock
Carpet slippers
Liberty bodice
Eiderdown
Candlewick
Casement
Windfalls - apples and pears and none wasted .
Trumpery
Strumpet
Furbellows
Flibbertigibbet
Poppycock
Piffle
Kerfuffle
Gobbledegook
Rillets - all the leftovers minced , shaped into patties and fried . So it was Thursday .

An endless list of Grandmaisms .

And I could tell which day of the week it was by what was on the table .

Cad, bounder, foppishness.

Snickersneeze

Esmay Cwtch may be a delightful word, but it is certainly not underused. Here in Wales everywhere and spoken often.