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Speaking of dust, I came upon this idiom in a book about the Victorian time - ****'s wool - defined as "accumulated dust that tends to occur indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture" Nowadays, we call this a dust bunny. (much nicer name, don't you think?)
Must have been pretty awful to live in those days with such a narrow and sexist perception of acceptable behavior and such a terribly forthright judgement on those who did not stay within that narrow perception.
Edited to clarify... didn't know I couldn't write **** here, so - starts with s, then has l, then u then finishes up with t. Sorry if I've broken a rule by spelling it out... no offense intended.
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