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Grose, Francis, 1731-1791

"1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue"


TO TUP. To have carnal knowledge of a woman.
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.


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