Phil in SF's quote from The Housekeepers - The Library of the Uncommons

Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, …

She'd picked up the aroma of the back offices already. Stewed gammon and carbolic.

New word: gammon

ham that has been cured or smoked like bacon
British: a middle-aged or older white man with conservative traditionalist views stereotypically characterized as having a red or flushed complexion