Twisted. Executed, hanged.
To twit. To reproach a person, or remind
him of favours
conferred.
Twitter. All in a twitter; in a fright.
Twittering is
also the note of some small birds, such
as the robin, &c.
TWITTOC. Two. Cant.
Two handed put. The amorous congress.
Two thieves beating A rogue.
A man beating his
hands against his sides to warm himself
in cold weather;
called also beating the booby, and cuffing
Jonas.
Two to one shop. A pawnbroker’s:
alluding to the
three blue balls, the sign of that trade:
or perhaps to its
being two to one that the goods pledged
are never redeemed.
Two-handed. Great. A two-handed fellow
or wench;
a great strapping man orwoman,
Tye. A neckcloth.
Tyburn Blossom. A young thief or pickpocket,
who in
time will ripen into fruit borne by the
deadly never-green.
Tyburn Tippet. A halter; see Latimer’s
sermon before.
Edward VI. A. D. 1549.
Tyburn top, or foretop. A wig
with the foretop
combed over the eyes in a knowing style;
such being
much worn by the gentlemen pads, scamps,
divers, and
other knowing hands.
Tyke. A dog, also a clown; a Yorkshire tyke-
TYNEY. See TINEY.
Vagaries. Frolics, wild rambles.
Vain-glorious, or ostentatious man.
One who
boasts without reason, or, as the canters
say, pisses more
than he drinks.
Valentine. The first woman seen by a man,
or man seen
by a woman, on St. Valentine’s day,
the 14th of February,
when it is said every bird chuses his
mate for the ensuing
year.
To vamp. To pawn any thing. I’ll
vamp it, and tip you
the cole: I’ll pawn it, and
give you the money. Also to
refit, new dress, or rub up old hats,
shoes or other wearing
apparel; likewise to put new feet to old
boots. Applied
more particularly to a quack bookseller.
Vamper. Stockings.
Van. Madam Van; see madam.
Van-neck. Miss or Mrs. Van-Neck; a
woman with large
breasts; a bushel bubby.
Vardy. To give one’s vardy; i.e. verdict or opinion.
VARLETS. Now rogues and rascals, formerly yeoman’s servants.
VARMENT. (Whip and Cambridge.) Natty, dashing.
He is
quite varment, he is quite the go.
He sports a varment
hat, coat, &c.; he is dressed like a gentleman
Jehu.
Vaulting school. A bawdy-house; also
an academy
where vaulting and other manly exercises
are taught.


