TUR own trumpet. He would make an excellent trumpeter, for he has a strong breath; faid of one having a fœtid breath. TRUMPS. To be put to one's trumps; to be in difficulties, or put to one's shifts, Something may turn up trumps; fomething lucky may happen. All his cards are trumps; he is extremely fortunate. TRUNDLERS. TRUNK. Pease. A nose. How fares your old trunk? does your nose still stand faft? an allufion to the probofcis or trunk of an elephant. To fhove a trunk; to introduce one's felf unasked into any place or company. Trunk-maker like; more noise than work. TRUSTY TROJAN, or TRUSTY TROUT. A true friend. TU QUOQUE. The mother of all faints. TUB THUMPER. A prefbyterian parson. TUCKED UP. Hanged. A tucker up to an old batchelor or widower; a fuppofed miftrefs. TUFT HUNTER. An univerfity parafite, one who courts the acquaintance of nobility whofe caps are adorned with a gold tuft. TUMBLER. A cart; alfo a fharper employed to draw in pigeons to game; likewise a posture master, or rope dancer. To shove the tumbler, or perhaps tumbril; to be whipt at the cart's tail. TO TUNE. To beat: his father tuned him delightfully: perhaps from fetching a tune out of the person beaten, or from a comparison with the disagreeable founds of inftruments when tuning. TUP. A ram; figuratively, a cuckold. TUP RUNNING. A rural sport practifed at wakes and fairs in Derbyshire: a ram, whofe tail is well foaped and greafed, 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. TD. There were four t-ds for dinner; ftir t-d, hold t-d, tread t-d, and muf-t-d; to wit, a hogs face, feet, and chitterlings, with muftard. He will never sh-e a seaman's t—d; i. e. he will never make a good seaman! TURF. TURF. On the turf; perfons who keep running horfes, or attend and bet at horfe- races, are faid to be on the turf. TURK. A cruel hard-hearted man. Turkish treatment; barbarous ufage. Turkifh fhore; Lambeth, Southwark, and Rotherithe fide of the Thames. TURKEY MERCHANT. A poulterer. TURNCOAT. One who has changed his party from inte refted motives. TURNIP-PATED. White or fair haired. TURNPIKE MAN. A parfon; because the clergy collect their tolls at our entrance into and exit from the world. TUSKIN. A country carter or ploughman. TUZZY-MUZZY The monofyllable. TWADDLE. Perplexity, confufion, or any thing else: a fashionable term that for a while fucceeded that of bore, See BORE. TWANGEY, OF STANGEY. A north country name for a taylor. TWEAGUE. In a great tweague; in a great paffion. Tweaguey; peevish, paffionate. To TWEAK. To pull: to tweak any one's nose. TWIDDLE-DIDDLES. Testicles. TWIDDLE-POOP. An effeminate looking fellow. To TWIG. To obferve. Twig the cull, he is peery; obferve the fellow, he is watching us. Alfo to difengage, fnap afunder, or break off. To twig the darbies; to knock off the irons. TWIST. A mixture of half tea and half coffee; likewife brandy, beer, and eggs. A good twift; a good appetite. To twist it down apace; to eat heartily. TWISTED. Executed, hanged. To TWIT. To reproach a perfon, or remind him of favours conferred. 1 TWITTER. All in a twitter; in a fright. Twittering is alfo the note of fome fmall birds, fuch as the robin, &c. TWITTOC. Two. Cant. TWO HANDED PUT. The amorous congrefs., Two TYN TWO THIEVES BEATING A ROGUE. A man beating his hands against his fides to warm himself in cold weather; called alfo Beating the Booby, and Cuffing Jonas. Two TO ONE SHOP. A pawn-broker's: alluding to the three blue balls, the fign 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 ftrapping man or woman. TYE. A neckcloth. TYBURN BLOSSOM. A young thief or pick-pocket, who in time will ripen into fruit borne by the deadly never. green. TYBURN TIPPET. A halter: fee Latimer's fermon before Edward VI. A. D. 1549. TYBURN TOP, or FOR ETOP. A wig with the foretop combed over the eyes in a knowing ftyle: fuch being much. worn by the gentlemen pads, fcamps, divers, and other knowing hands. TYKE. A dog, alfo a clown: a Yorkshire tyke. See TINEY. V. VAL VAGARIES. Frolics, wild rambles. VAIN-GLORIOUS, or OSTENTATIOUS ΜΑΝ. One who boafts without reafon, or, as the canters fay, piffes more than he drinks. VALENTINE. The first woman feen by a man, or man feen by a woman, on St. Valentine's day, the 14th of February, when it is faid every bird chufes his mate for the ensuing year. G g Το To VAMP. To pawn any thing. I'll vamp it, and tip you the cole; I'll pawn it, and give you the money. Alfo to refit, new dress, or rub up old hats, fhoes, or other wearing apparel; likewise to put new feet to old boots. VAMPERS. Stockings. VAN. Madam Van ; fee MADAM. VAN-NECK. Mifs or Mrs. Van-Neck; a woman with large breafis, a bufhel bubby. VARDY. To give one's Vardy; i. e. verdict or opinion. VARLETS. Now rogues and rafcals, formerly yeomen's fervants. VAULTING SCHOOL. A bawdy houfe; alfo an academy where vaulting and other manly exercises are taught. VELVET. To tip the velvet; to put one's tongue into a woman's mouth. To be upon velvet; to have the best of a bet or match. To the little gentleman in velvet, i, e. the mole that threw up the hill that caufed Crop (King William's horfe) to ftumble; a toast frequently drank by the tories and catholics in Ireland. VENERABLE MONOSYLLABLE. Pudendum muliebre. VERNONIANS. The gentlemen belonging to this honourable fociety held their meeting at the Rofe Tavern, in Cheapfide. VESSEL OF PAPER. Half a quarter of a sheet. VICAR OF BRAY. See BRAY. VICE ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. A drunken man that piffes under the table into his companions fhoes. VICTUALLING OFFICE. The ftomach. VINCENT'S LAW. The art of cheating at cards, compofed of the following affociates: bankers, thofe who play booty; the gripe, he that betteth; and the perfon cheated, who is ftyled the vincent; the gains acquired, termage. VINEGAR. A name given to the perfon who with a whip in his hand, and a hat held before his eyes, keeps the ring clear at boxing matches and cudgel playings; alfo, in cant terms, a cloak. VIXEN. A termagant; alfo a fhe fox, who, when fhe has cubs, is remarkably fierce. To VOWEL. A gamefter who does not immediately pay his lofings, is faid to vowel the winner, by repeating the vowels I. O. U.; or perhaps from giving his note for the money according to the Irish form, where the acknowledgment of the debt is expreffed by the letters I. O. U. which, the fum and name of the debtor being added, is deemed a fufficient fecurity among gentlemen. UNCLE. Mine uncle's; a neceffary houfe. He is gone to vifit his uncle; faying of one who leaves his wife soon after marriage. It likewife means a pawnbroker's: goods pawned are frequently faid to be at mine uncle's, or laid up in lavender. UNDERSTRAPPER. ment. An inferior in any office, or depart UNFORTUNATE GENTLEMEN. The horse guards, who thus named them felves in Germany, where a general officer feeing them very aukward in bundling up their forage, afked what the devil they were; to which fome of them anfwered, unfortunate gentlemen. UNGRATEFUL MAN. A parfon, who at least once a week abufes his best benefactor, i. e. the devil. UNGUENTUM AUREUM. A bribe. UNICORN. A coach drawn by three horses? UNRIGGED. Undreffed, or ftripped. Unrig the drab; ftrip the wench. UNTRUSS. To untrufs a point; to let down one's breeches in order to eafe one's felf. Breeches were formerly tied with points, which till lately were diftributed to the boys every Whit Monday by the church wardens of mol of the parishes in London, under the denomination of tags: these tags were worsteds of different colours twifted up to a fize fomewhat thicker than packthread, and tagged at both ends with tin. Laces were at the fame time given to the girl UNTWISTED. Undone, ruined, done up. UNWASHED BAWDRY. Rank bawdry. UP TO THEIR GOSSIP. To be a match for one who attempts to cheat or deceive; to be on a footing, or in the fecret. I'll be up with him; I will repay him in kind. UPHILLS. Falfe dice that run high. |