Some Colonial American words…
Apartment (n) room in a building
Bait (v) feed an animal
Black (adj.) brunette
Clever (adj.) well trained
Fishy (adj.) drunk
Flourish (n) a quickie
Gossip (n) godparent
Punk (n) a prostitute
Secret (n) or vault (n) a privy
Whiskey (n) 2 wheeled one-horse carriage