Part 83 (1/2)

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 sh.o.r.e; 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 fas.h.i.+onable term that for a while succeeded that of BORE. See BORE.

Tw.a.n.gEY, or STANGEY. A north country name for a taylor.

TWEAGUE. In a great tweague: in a great pa.s.sion. Tweaguey; peevish, pa.s.sionate.

TO TWEAK. To pull: to tweak any one's nose.

TWELVER. A s.h.i.+lling.

TWIDDLE-DIDDLES. t.e.s.t.i.c.l.es.

TWIDDLE p.o.o.p. An effeminate looking fellow.

IN TWIG. Handsome; stilish. The cove is togged in twig; the fellow is dressed in the fas.h.i.+on.

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 appet.i.te.

To twist it down apace; to eat heartily.

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.