1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue eBook

Francis Grose
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 343 pages of information about 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue eBook

Francis Grose
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 343 pages of information about 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Tup.  A ram:  figuratively, a cuckold.

Tup running.  A rural sport practised at wakes and fairs
  in Derbyshire; a ram, whose tail is well soaped and
  greased, is turned out to the multitude; any one that can
  take him by the tail, and hold him fast, is to have him for
  his own.

T—­D.  There were four t—­ds for dinner:  stir t—­d, hold
  t—­d, tread t—­d, and mus-t—­d:  to wit, a hog’s face, feet
  and chitterlings, with mustard.  He will never sh—­e a
  seaman’s t—­d; i.e. he will never make a good seaman.

Turf.  On the turf; persons who keep running horses, or
  attend and bet at horse-races, are said to be on the turf.

Turk.  A cruel, hard-hearted man.  Turkish treatment;
  barbarous usage.  Turkish shore; Lambeth, Southwark,
  and Rotherhithe side of the Thames.

Turkey merchant.  A poulterer.

Turncoat.  One who has changed his party from interested
  motives.

Turned up.  Acquitted; discharged.

Turnip-pated. White or fair-haired.

Turnpike man.  A parson; because the clergy collect
  their tolls at our entrance into and exit from the world.

TUZZY-Muzzy.  The monosyllable.

Twaddle.  Perplexity, confusion, or any thing else:  a
  fashionable term that for a while succeeded that of bore.  See
  bore.

TWANGEY, or STANGEY.  A north country name for a taylor.

TWEAGUE.  In a great tweague:  in a great passion.  Tweaguey;
  peevish, passionate.

To tweak.  To pull:  to tweak any one’s nose.

TWELVER.  A shilling.

Twiddle-DIDDLES.  Testicles.

Twiddle poop.  An effeminate looking fellow.

In twig.  Handsome; stilish.  The cove is togged in
  twig; the fellow is dressed in the fashion.

To twig.  To observe.  Twig the cull, he is peery;
  observe the fellow, he is watching us.  Also to disengage,
  snap asunder, or break off.  To twig the darbies; to knock
  off the irons.

Twiss. (Irish) A Jordan, or pot de chambre.  A Mr. Richard
  Twiss having in his “Travels” given a very unfavourable
  description of the Irish character, the inhabitants of
  Dublin, byway of revenge, thought proper to christen this
  utensil by his name—­suffice it to say that the baptismal
  rites were not wanting at the ceremony.  On a nephew of
  this gentleman the following epigram was made by
  a friend of ouis: 

      Perish the country, yet my name
       Shall ne’er in story be forgot,
      But still the more increase in fame,
       The more the country goes to pot.

Twist. A mixture of half tea and half coffee; likewise
  brandy, beer, and eggs.  A good twist; a good appetite. 
  To twist it down apace; to eat heartily.

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