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TABBY. An old maid; or a talkative old woman.
TACE. A candle; silence; hold your tongue.
TACKLE. A mistress; sometimes clothing.
TAIL-DIVER. A thief who steals pocket-handkerchiefs from coat-tail pockets.
TALE. The number; quantity; share. "Give him tale," give him his share.
TALLEYMEN. Men who loan clothing to prostitutes.
TANGLE-FOOT. Bad liquor.
TANGLE-FOOTED. Drunk.
TANNER. Sixpence. "The kiddy tipped the rattling cove a tanner for lush," the lad gave the coachman sixpence to get a drink.
TAP. To arrest.
TAPE. Liquor.
TAPPERS. Officers.
TARRELS. Skeleton-keys.
TATS. False dice; rags.
TATTLER. A watch or clock. "To flash a tattler," to sport a watch.
TATTY-TOG. A sweat-cloth.
TEASE. A slave; to work.
TEEHOKOIS. Dogs or dog.
TEIZE. To flog. "To nap the teize," to receive a flogging.
TESTON. A coin with a head on it.
THEATRE. Police court.
THIMBLE. A watch.
THORNS. Anxious; fearful.
THRESWINS. Three cents or pence.
THROUGH HIM. Search him.
THROW. To cheat; to rob; to steal.
THROWING OFF. A term used by gamblers when a capper is the partner of a sucker. The capper can lose when he pleases, thereby throwing the sucker off, as it is termed.
TIBBS. A goose.
TIBBY. A cat.
TICK. Trust.
TICKRUM. A license.
TIED UP GONNOFFING. Stopped stealing; living honestly.
TIFFING. A good natured war of words.
TILE. A hat.
TIMBER. Matches.
TIME ON THAT. Wait awhile, sir; not so fast.
TIP. Information; give; hand to me; lend. "Tip me your daddle, my bene cove," give me your hand, my good fellow.
TIPPET. The halter.
TIT. A horse.
TITTER. A sword.
TIZZY. Sixpence.
TO BE PUT IN A HOLE. To be cheated by a comrade out of a just share of the plunder.
TO BLOW THE GAB. To confess.
TO BLOWER. One who imparts secrets; to inform.
TO BOUNCE. To brag or hector; to tell improbable stories.
TO BOUNCE HIM. To get one's property and refuse to pay for it.
TO BREAK A LEG. To seduce a girl.
TO HAVE A GAME DEAD. The gambler has a sure thing, and must beat his opponent.
TO RIGHTS. The evidence is conclusive enough to convict. "Try all they knew, the coppers could not pinch him to rights—he was too fly for them," the officers were not able to find evidence enough against him. He was too cunning for them.
TO TURN STAG. To turn informer.
TO YARD KICK. Coat and pants.
TOBBY COVES. Fellows that in the night walk the streets near a river. They stun their victim by striking him with a bludgeon; they then rob him and tumble him into the river. If the body is found, it is difficult to say that the man was not accidentally drowned.
TOBED. Struck on the head and made senseless.
TOBY. The highway.
TOBY-LAY. Robbing on the highway.
TODGE. To smash. "Todge the bloke and pad," smoke the man and run.
TOGE. A coat.
TOGEMANDS. A gown or cloak.
TOGS. Clothes. "The swell is rum-togged," the gentleman is well dressed.
TOLOBON. The tongue.
TOLOBON RIG. Fortune-tellers.
TOM-CONEY. A foolish fellow.
TOMMEY. Bread.
TONEY. A simpleton.
TOOLS. Burglars' instruments.
TOOTH-MUSIC. Chewing food with a good appetite.
TOP. To cheat; to trick.
TOP-DIVER. A roué.
TOP-ROPES. Extravagant or riotous living.
TOP-TOG. An overcoat.
TOPPED. Hanged. "The cove was topped for settling a bloke," the fellow was hanged for killing a man.
TOPPER. A blow on the head.
TOPPING-COVE. The head man of a party; sometimes the hangman.
TOTH. Rum.
TOUCH. To steal.
TOUNGE-PAD. A scold.
TOUT. Look; take notice; remember that.
TOUTED. Followed or pursued.
TOUTING-KEN. The bar of a drinking-place.
TOWER. Rage; very angry.
TOWN-TODDLERS. Silly fellows easily taken in by the sharpers.
TRACK. To go.
TRANSLATORS. Second-hand boots or shoes.
TRAP. Shrewd; smart.
TRAPES. Sluttish women.
TRAPS. Officers.
TRAY. Three.
TRIB. A prison.
TRICKS. Anything stolen from a person at one time by pickpockets.
TRICUM LEGIS. A quirk or quibble.
TRINING. Hanging.
TRINKETS. Bowie-knife and revolver.
TRISTIS. Not good. "The fly kinchin is a tristis canis," the smart boy is a sad dog.
TROLL. To loaf or loiter about.
TROT. An old woman.
TROTTER-CASES. Stockings.
TROTTERS. Feet.
TRUCKS. Pants.
TRUET. Stealing money under pretense of changing it.
TRUMP. A brave fellow.
TRUMPET. A vain fellow who has a decided partiality for the letter I.
TRUNDLERS. Peas.
TRUNKER. The body.
TRUNT. Nose.
TRY ON. To endeavor; attempt it. "Coves who try on," fellows who live by stealing.
TUMBLED. Suspected; found it out. "Tumbled on him," came upon him unexpectedly. "Tumbled to him," suspected him; thought it was him.
TUMBLER. A cart; a lock; a sharper.
TUNE. To beat. "Tune the toney," beat the fool.
TURF. Race-course. "The knucks work the turf for leather and skins," the pickpockets attend the race-courses to steal pocket-books and purses.
TURKEY-MERCHANTS. Purchasers of stolen silk.
TURNED UP. Acquitted; discharged.
TURNING OVER. Examining.
TURTLE-DOVES. A pair of gloves.
TWIG. To observe. "Twig the copper, he is peery," observe the officer, he is watching us.
TWISTED. Convicted, hanged.
TWITTOCK. Two.
TWO TO ONE. A pawnbroker.
TYBURN BLOSSOM. A young thief.
TYE. A neckcloth.
TYKE. A dog; a clown.