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Tipping the Velvet is a 1998 debut novel by Welsh novelist Sarah Waters. A historical novel set in England during the 1890s, it tells a coming-of-age story about a young woman named Nan who falls in love with a male impersonator , follows her to London, and finds various ways to support herself as she journeys through the city.
- 480 pp.
- Sarah Waters
- 1998
- Virago Press
20 gen 2018 · But then, Tipping the Velvet was never intended to be a work of historical realism. Instead, it offers a 1990s-flavoured lesbian Victorian London, complete with its own clubs, pubs and fashions.
Unveiling the Mystery: Tipping the Velvet Explored • Embark on a captivating journey as we delve into the origins and meaning behind the intriguing phrase 'T...
26 giu 2003 · VELVET - The tongue in expressions such as "tip the velvet." Cant., late 1600s, British English. (From "Slang and Euphemism: A Dictionary of Oaths, Curses, Insults, Ethnic Slurs, Sexual Slang and Metaphor, Drug Talk, College Lingo and Related Matters" by Richard A. Spears (New American Library, Penguin Putnam, New York, Third Edition, 2001 ...
23 apr 2023 · tip someone's velvet (third-person singular simple present tips someone's velvet, present participle tipping someone's velvet, simple past and past participle tipped someone's velvet) ( euphemistic) To give oral sex to someone (female).
Tipping the Velvet often uses the word to describe characters’ feelings, desires, and expressions. The word “queer” can refer to the LGBTQ+ community as a whole, without delineating between different identities or applying distinct labels.
19 ott 2015 · Tipping the Velvet: An Exeunt Dialogue. Five writers talk ridiculous sex scenes, queer invisibility, and heartbreak in response to the Lyric Hammersmith's musical adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel.
