Terra Firma. An estate in land.
Tester. A sixpence: from Teston, a coin with a head on it.
TETBURY portion. A **** and a clap.
Thames. He will not find out a way to set
the Thames
on fire; he will not make any wonderful
discoveries, he is
no conjuror.
Thatch-gallows. A rogue, or man of bad character.
Thick. Intimate. They are as thick as two inkle-weavers.
Thief. You are a thief and a murderer, you
have killed a
baboon and stole his face; vulgar abuse.
Thief in A candle. Part of the
wick or snuff, which falling
on the tallow, burns and melts it, and
causing it to
gutter, thus steals it away.
Thief takers. Fellows who associate
with all kinds of
villains, in order to betray them, when
they have committed
any of those crimes which entitle the
persons taking
them to a handsome reward, called blood
money. It is
the business of these thief takers to
furnish subjects for a
handsome execution, at the end of every
sessions.
Thimble. A watch. The swell flashes
a rum thimble;
the gentleman sports a fine watch.
Thingstable. Mr. Thingstable; Mr. Constable:
a ludicrous
affectation of delicacy in avoiding the
pronunciation
of the first syllable in the title of
that officer, which in
sound has some similarity to an indecent
monosyllable.
Thingumbob. Mr. Thingumbob; a vulgar address
or nomination
to any person whose name is unknown, the
same
as Mr. What-d’ye-cal’em.
Thingumbobs; testicles.
THIRDING. A custom practised at the universities,
where
two thirds of the original price is allowed
by the upholsterers
to the students for household goods returned
to them
within the year.
THIRTEENER. A shilling in Ireland, which there
passes for
thirteen pence.
THOMOND. Like Lord Thomond’s cocks, all
on one side.
Lord Thomond’s cock-feeder, an Irishman,
being entrusted
with some cocks which were matched for
a considerable
sum, the night before the battle shut
them all together in
one room, concluding that as they were
all on the same
side, they would not disagree: the
consequence was, they
were most of them either killed or lamed
before the morning.
Thomas. Man Thomas; a man’s penis.
Thorns. To be or sit upon thorns; to be
uneasy, impatient,
anxious for an event.
Thornback. An old maid.
Thorough churchman. A person who goes
in at one door
of a church, and out at the other, without
stopping.
Thorough-good-natured wench.
One who being asked
to sit down, will lie down.


