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They grew due to the population of gold miners. People flooded into the gold fields and within 2years California became a state in 1850.
Here are some terms from the Victorian Era, which included 1850:About right - correctAfternoonified - a society term meaning smart or fancyArf-arf-an-arf - drunk, or having had too many 'arf-pints of beerBags o'Mystery - sausages (because no one knew what was in them)Batty-fang - a low London phrase meaning to thoroughly thrash (possibly from the French term battre a fin)Butter upon bacon - extreme extravaganceCat-lap - a society term for tea and coffee, used derogatorily by drinkers of beer and stronger spirits.Cop a mouse - to get a black eye (because the color and size of the swelling resembles a mouse)Daddles - handsDead certainty - totally certain to occurDoing the bear - courting that involves a lot of huggingDon't sell me a dog - "Don't lie to me" (from the sale of a mutt dog as a purebred)Fifteen puzzle - total and complete confusionGas-pipes - especially tight pantsGigglemug - a habitually smiling faceHalf-rats - partially intoxicatedMafficking - getting rowdy in the streetsMind the grease - "please let me pass" - said in a crowded street or roomNanty Narking - great funNot up to dick - not wellOne-horse town - a very small town indeed (supposedly having only one horse in the whole town)Orf chump - off your feed, or having no appetiteParish pick-axe - a prominent nosePoked up - embarrassedRain-napper - an umbrellaSauce-box - the mouthShake a flannin - to fightShenanigans - antics, especially when up to no goodSkilamalink - secretive, shifty, shady or doubtfulTake the egg - to win
Well, honey, that colonial innkeeper did what any innkeeper would do back in the day - served up some warm ale, cooked some questionable meat, and probably overcharged for a lumpy bed. But hey, business is business, right?