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<h1>The Letter T</h1>
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<h2>TACKLE</h2>
<p>a Mistress; also good
Cloaths. <i class="eg">The Cull has tipt his Tackle
Rum-rigging</i>, or <i class="eg">has tipt his Bloss
Rum Tackle</i>; The keeping Coxcomb
has given his Mistress very fine Cloaths.</p>
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<h2>TAKE <i>the Culls in</i></h2>
<p>Seize the Men
in order to rob them.</p>
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<h2>TALE-<i>Tellers</i></h2>
<p>a sort of Servants in
use with the great Men in <i>Ireland</i>, to
lull them asleep with Stories of a Cock
and a Bull, &c.</p>
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<h2>TALESMAN</h2>
<p>as, <i class="eg">I tell you my Tale,
and my Talesman</i>, or Author.</p>
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<h2>TALL-<i>Boy</i></h2>
<p>a Pottle or two Quart
Pot.</p>
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<h2>TALLY-<i>Men</i></h2>
<p>Brokers that let out
Cloaths to wear <i>per</i> Week, Month or
Year. See <i>Rabbit-Suckers</i>.</p>
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<h2>TAP</h2>
<p>a Blow; a small Tap, &c.</p>
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<h2>TAPE, <i>Red</i> or <i>White</i></h2>
<p>Geneva,
Aniseed, Clove water, so called by
<i>Canters</i> and <i>Villains</i>, and the Renters
of the Trap, &c. in <i>Newgate</i>, ans other
Prisons.</p>
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<h2>TAPLASH</h2>
<p>wretched, sorry Drink,
or Hogwash.</p>
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<h2>TART <i>Dames</i></h2>
<p>sharp, quick, pert.</p>
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<h2>TARTAR</h2>
<p>a notorious Rogue or
Sharper, who sticks not to rob his
Brother Rogue. Hence <i class="eg">To catch a
Tartar</i>, is said, among the Canting
Varlets, when a Rogue attacks one
that he thinks a Passenger, but proves
to be of this Clan of Villains, who in
his Turn having overcome the Assailant,
robs, plunders and binds him.</p>
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<h2>TATTER-<i>De-mallion</i></h2>
<p>a tattered
Beggar, sometimes half naked, with
Design to move Charity, having better
Cloaths at Home. <i class="eg">in Tatters</i>; in Rags.
<i class="eg">Tattered and Torn</i>; rent and torn.</p>
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<h2>TATTLE</h2>
<h2>or <i>Tattler</i></h2>
<p>an Alarum,
or striking Watch; or indeed any
other Watch.</p>
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<h2>TATS</h2>
<p>false Dice.</p>
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<h2>TAUDRY</h2>
<p>garish, gawdy, with
Lace, or mismatched and staring Colours:
A Term borrow'd from those
Times when they trick'd and bedeck'd
the Shrines and Altars of the Saints, as
being at Emulation with each other
upon that Occasion. The Votaries of
St. <i>Audery</i> (in Isle of <i>Ely</i> Saint) exeeding
all the rest in the Dress and
Equipage of their Altar, it grew into a
By-word, upon any thing very gawdy,
that it was <i>All Taudry</i>; as much as to
say, <i class="eg">All St. Audery</i>.</p>
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<h2>TAYLE</h2>
<p>a Sword.</p>
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<h2>TAYLE <i>Drawers</i></h2>
<p>Sword-Stealers.
The same as <i>Wiper-Drawers</i>. <i class="eg">He drew
the Cull's Tayle Rumly</i>; He whipt away
the Gentleman's Sword cleverly.</p>
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<h2>TEAGUE-<i>Land</i></h2>
<p>Ireland.</p>
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<h2>TEAGUE-<i>Landers</i></h2>
<p>Irishmen.</p>
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<h2>TEARS <i>of the Tankard</i></h2>
<p>Drops of
the good Liquor that fall beside.</p>
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<h2>TEMPLE <i>Pickling</i></h2>
<p>the Pumping of
Bailiffs, Bums, Setters, Pick-Pockets,
&c.</p>
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<h2>TENDER-<i>Parnel</i></h2>
<p>a very nicely educated
Creature, apt to catch cold on
the least Puff of Wind.</p>
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<h2>TERCEL <i>Gentle</i></h2>
<p>a Knight or Gentleman
of a good Estate; also any
rich Man.</p>
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<h2>TERRA-<i>Firma</i></h2>
<p>an Estate in Land;
<i class="eg">Has the Cull got any Terra Firma?</i> Has the
Fool got any Land.</p>
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<h2>THE <i>Dragon upon St. George</i></h2>
<p>the Woman uppermost.</p>
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<h2>THIEF-<i>Takers</i></h2>
<p>who make a Trade
of helping People (for a Gratuity) to
their lost Goods and sometimes, for
Interest, or Envy, snapping the Rogues
themselves, being usually in Fee with
them, and acquainted with their Haunts.</p>
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<h2>THOROUGH-<i>Cough</i></h2>
<p>farting and
coughing at the same time.</p>
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<h2>THOROUGH <i>Passage</i></h2>
<p>in at one Ear
and out at t'other.</p>
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<h2>THOROUGH <i>Stitch</i></h2>
<p>over Shoes,
over Boots.</p>
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<h2>THREE <i>Legged Stool</i></h2>
<h2>or <i>Three legged Mare</i></h2>
<p>Tyburn.</p>
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<h2>THREE <i>Threads</i></h2>
<p>half common Ale,
and half Stout or double Beer.</p>
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<h2>THREPPS</h2>
<p>Three-pence.</p>
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<h2>THROTTLE</h2>
<p>Throat or Gullet; <i class="eg">He
siezed is Throttle</i>: i.e. He took him
by the Throat.</p>
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<h2>THRUMS</h2>
<p>Three Pence. <i class="eg">Tip me
Thrums</i>; Lend me Three Pence.</p>
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<h2>THUMMIKINS</h2>
<p>a Punishment (in
<i>Scotland</i>) by hard squeezing or pressing
of the Thumbs, to extort Confession,
which stretches them prodigiously,
and is very painful. In Camps,
and on Board of Ships, lighted Matches
are clapt between the Fingers to the
same Intent.</p>
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<h2>THWACK</h2>
<p>to beat with a Stick or
Cudgel.</p>
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<h2>TIB</h2>
<p>a young Lass.</p>
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<h2>TIB <i>of the Buttery</i></h2>
<p>a Goose.</p>
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<h2>TICK</h2>
<p>as, <i class="eg">to run on Tick</i>; To go on
the Score, or Trust.</p>
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<h2>TICKLE-<i>Pitcher</i></h2>
<p>a Tosspot, or Pot-companion.
A lewd Man or Woman.</p>
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<h2>TICKRUM</h2>
<p>a Licence.</p>
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<h2>TIFFING</h2>
<p>lying with a Wench, also
Drinking.</p>
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<h2>TILTER</h2>
<p>a Sword. <i class="eg">To Tilt</i>, to fight
with a Rapier. <i class="eg">Run a Tilt</i>; a swift
Pursuit.</p>
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<h2>TINT <i>for Tant</i></h2>
<p>Hit for Hit, Dash
for Dash.</p>
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<h2>TIP</h2>
<p>to give or lend: <i class="eg">Tip your Lour</i>
or <i class="eg">Cole or I'll mill ye</i>; Give me your
Money, or I'll kill ye. <i class="eg">Tip the COle to
Adam Tiler</i>; Give your Pick-pocket
Money presently to your running
Comrade. <i class="eg">Tip the Mish</i>; Give me the
Shirt. <i class="eg">Tip me a Hog</i>; Lend me a Shilling.
<i class="eg">Tip it all off</i>; Drink it all off at
a Draught. <i class="eg">Don't spoil his Tip</i>; Don't
baulk his Draught. <i class="eg">A Tub of good Tip</i>;
(for Tipple) a Cask of strong Drink.
<i class="eg">To tip off</i>, also signifies to die.</p>
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<h2>TIPLER</h2>
<p>a Fuddle-cap, or Toss pot.</p>
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<h2>TIPSY</h2>
<p>almost drunk.</p>
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<h2>TIT</h2>
<p>a Horse; also a young prim
Lass.</p>
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<h2>TIT-<i>Bit</i></h2>
<p>a fine Snack, or choice
Morsel.</p>
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<h2>TITTLE-<i>Tattle</i></h2>
<p>idle, impertinent
Talk.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> TITTER</h2>
<p>to laugh at a Feather.</p>
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<h2>TITTER-<i>Totter</i></h2>
<p>one ready to reel,
at every Jog, or Blast of Wind.</p>
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<h2>TOGE</h2>
<p>a Coat.</p>
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<h2>TOGEMANS</h2>
<p>a Gown, or Cloak. <i class="eg">I
have bit the Togemans</i>; I have stole the
Cloak. <i class="eg">Tis a Rum Togemans lets nim it</i>;
'Tis a good Camblet-Cloak; lets whip
it off.</p>
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<h2>TOKENS</h2>
<p>the Plague; also Presents
from one to another; also a Farthing.
<i class="eg">Not a Token left</i>; Not a Farthing remaining.
<i class="eg">Tom Fools token</i>; Money.</p>
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<h2>TOL.</h2>
<p><i>Toledo</i>, a Sword. <i class="eg">Bite the
Tol</i>; Steal the Sword. <i class="eg">A Rum Tol</i>;
A silver hilted Sword. <i class="eg">A Queere Tol</i>;
A Brass or Steel-hilted or ordinary
Sword.</p>
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<h2>TOM-<i>Boy</i></h2>
<p>a Tom Rig, or Romp.</p>
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<h2>TOM <i>of Bedlam</i></h2>
<p>the same as <i>Abram-Man</i>.
Which See.</p>
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<h2>TOM-<i>Cony</i></h2>
<p>a very silly Felow.</p>
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<h2>TOM-<i>Thumb</i></h2>
<p>a Dwarf or diminutive Fellow.</p>
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<h2>TOM-<i>Long</i></h2>
<p>tedious; as <i class="eg">Come by
Tom Long the Carrier</i>; of what is very
long a coming.</p>
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<h2>TONGUE-<i>Pad</i></h2>
<p>a smooth, glib-tongued,
insinuating Fellow.</p>
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<h2>TONY</h2>
<p>a silly Fellow or Ninny. <i class="eg">A
meer Tony</i>; a meer Simpleton.</p>
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<h2>TOOL</h2>
<p>an Implement fit for any
Turn, the Creature of any Cause or
Faction; a meer Property, or Cat's
Foot.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> TOP</h2>
<p>to cheat or trick any one;
also to insult. <i class="eg">What, do you top upon
me?</i> Do you stick a little Wax to the
Dice to keep them together, to get the
Chance you would have? <i class="eg">He thought to
have topt upon me</i>; He designed to have
put upon, sharped, bullied, or affronted
me.</p>
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<h2>TOP <i>Diver</i></h2>
<p>a Lover of Women.</p>
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<h2>To TOPE</h2>
<p>to drink. <i class="eg">An old Toper</i>;
a staunch Drunkard. <i class="eg">To tope it about</i>,
or <i class="eg">Dust it about</i>; To drink briskly
about.</p>
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<h2>TOP-<i>Heavy</i></h2>
<p>Drunk.</p>
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<h2>TOPPING-<i>Fellow</i></h2>
<p>who has reach'd
the Pitch and greatest Eminence in any
Art; the Master, and the Cock of his
Profession.</p>
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<h2>TOPPING-<i>Cheat</i></h2>
<p>the Gallows.</p>
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<h2>TOPPING-<i>Cove</i></h2>
<p>the Hangman.</p>
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<h2>TORCH-<i>Cul</i></h2>
<p>Bum sodder.</p>
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<h2>TORIES</h2>
<p><i>Irish</i> Thieves or Rapparees.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> TOST</h2>
<h2>or <i>Toast</i></h2>
<p>to name or
begin a new Health. <i class="eg">Who tosts now?</i>
Who Christens the Health? <i class="eg">An old Tost</i>;
A pert, pleasant, old Fellow.</p>
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<h2>TOTTY-<i>Headed</i></h2>
<p>giddy-headed,
hare-brained.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> TOUR</h2>
<h2><i>To</i> TOUT</h2>
<p>to look out sharp, to be
upon one's Guard. <i class="eg">Who
touts?</i> Who looks out sharp? <i class="eg">Tout the
Culls</i>; Eye those Folks which way they
take. <i class="eg">Do you tout and bulk, and I'll
file</i>; If you'll eye and jostlehim, I will
pick his Pockets.</p>
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<h2>TOUTING-<i>Ken</i></h2>
<p>a Tavern or Ale-house Bar.</p>
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<h2>TOWER <i>Hill Play</i></h2>
<p>a Slap on the
Face and a Kick on the Breech.</p>
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<h2>TOWN-<i>Bull</i></h2>
<p>one that rides all the
Women he meets.</p>
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<h2>TOWER</h2>
<p>a <i>Cant Word</i>, used to denote
bad, or clipped Money: as, <i class="eg">They
have been round the Tower with it</i>; te he
Piece of Money has been clipt.</p>
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<h2>TRACK</h2>
<p>to go. <i class="eg">Track up the Dancers</i>;
Whip up the Stairs.</p>
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<h2>TRANSNEAR</h2>
<p>to come up with any
Body.</p>
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<h2>TRANSLATORS</h2>
<p>Sellers of old
Shoes and Boots, between Shoemakers
and Cobblers; also that turn or translate
out of one Language into another.</p>
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<h2>TRANSMOGRIFY</h2>
<p>or rather <i>Transmigrafy</i>,
to alter or new vamp.</p>
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<h2>TRANTER</h2>
<p>See <i>Crocker</i>.</p>
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<h2>TRAPAN</h2>
<p>he that draws in or
wheedles a <i>Cull</i>, and <i>Bites</i> him. <i class="eg">Trapann'd</i>;
sharp'd, ensnar'd.</p>
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<h2>TRAPES</h2>
<p>a dangling Slattern.</p>
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<h2>TRES-WINS</h2>
<p>Three Pence.</p>
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<h2>TRIGRY-<i>Mate</i></h2>
<p>an idle She-companion.</p>
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<h2>TRIP</h2>
<p>a Prison. <i class="eg">He is in Trib</i>, for
<i>Tribulation</i>; He is laid by the Heels,
or in a great deal of Trouble.</p>
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<h2>TRIM</h2>
<p>Dress. <i class="eg">In a sad Trim</i>; dirty,
undress'd. <i class="eg">A Trim Lad</i>; A spruce,
neat, well trick'd Man.</p>
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<h2>TRIMMING</h2>
<p>cheating People
of their Money.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> TRINE</h2>
<p>to hang; also <i>Tyburn</i>.</p>
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<h2>TRINING</h2>
<p>hanging.</p>
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<h2>TRINKETS</h2>
<p>Toys and Trifles.</p>
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<h2>TRINGUM-TRANGUM</h2>
<p>a Whim or Maggot.</p>
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<h2>TRIPE</h2>
<p>the Belly or Guts.</p>
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<h2>TRIP</h2>
<p>a short Voyage or Journey;
also an Error of the Tongue, or Pen;
a Stumble, a false Step, a Miscarriage.
Also a Bastard.</p>
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<h2>TROT</h2>
<p>as, <i class="eg">An old Trot</i>, a sorry,
base, old Woman. <i class="eg">A Dog Trot</i>; A
pretty Pace.</p>
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<h2>TROTTERS</h2>
<p>Feet, usually Sheeps.
<i class="eg">Shake your Trotters</i>; Troop off, be
gone.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> TROLL<i>About</i></h2>
<p>to saunter, loiter,
or wander about.</p>
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<h2>TROLLOP</h2>
<p>
<i class="eg">a A great Trollop</i>, a lusty
coarse Romp.</p>
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<h2>TROOPER</h2>
<p>a half Crown.</p>
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<h2>TROUNCED</h2>
<p>troubled, cast in Law
punished.</p>
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<h2>TRUG</h2>
<p>a dirty Puzzle, an ordinary
sorry Woman.</p>
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<h2>TRULL</h2>
<p>a Whore, also a Tinker's
travelling Wife or Wench.</p>
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<h2>TRUMPERY</h2>
<p>old Ware, old Stuff.</p>
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<h2>TRUNDLERS</h2>
<p>Pease.</p>
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<h2>TRUNK</h2>
<p>a Nose<i class="eg">How fares your
old Trunk?</i> Does your Nose stand fast?</p>
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<h2>TRUSTY-<i>Trojan</i></h2>
<h2>or <i>Trusty Trout</i></h2>
<p>a sure Friend or Confidant.</p>
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<h2>TUCK'D</h2>
<p>hang'd.</p>
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<h2>TUMBLER</h2>
<p>a Cart. <i class="eg">To shove the
Tumbler</i>; To be whipt at the Cart's
Tail; also one that decoys, or draws
others into play; and one that shews
Tricks with and without a Hoop.</p>
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<h2>TURK</h2>
<p>any cruel hard-hearted
Man.</p>
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<h2>TURKEY <i>Merchants</i></h2>
<p>Drivers of Turkeys.</p>
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<h2>TURKISH-<i>Shore</i></h2>
<p><i>Lambeth</i>, <i>Southwark</i>
and <i>Rotherhith</i> Side of the Water.</p>
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<h2>TURKISH-<i>Treatment</i></h2>
<p>very sharp or
ill dealing in Business.</p>
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<h2>TURN-<i>Coat</i></h2>
<p>he that quits one and
embraces another Party.</p>
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<h2>TURNIP <i>Pate</i></h2>
<p>white or Fair-hair'd.</p>
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<h2>TWEAK</h2>
<p>as <i class="eg">In a Tweak</i>; in a heavy
Taking, much vexed or very angry.</p>
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<h2>TWELVER</h2>
<p>a Shilling.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> TWIG</h2>
<p>to disingage, to sunder,
to snap, to break off; as, <i class="eg">To twig the
Darbies</i>; To knock off the Irons.</p>
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<h2>TWIST</h2>
<p>half Tea, half Coffee:
Likewise Brandy and Eggs mixed. Hot-Pot.
Also to Eat; as, <i class="eg">To twist lustily</i>;
To feed like a Farmer.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> TWIST</h2>
<p>to eat heartily.</p>
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<h2>TWISTED</h2>
<p>executed, hanged.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> TWIT</h2>
<p>to hit in the Teeth.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> TWITTER</h2>
<p>to laugh much
with little Noise; also to tremble.</p>
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