Lakeland Words / A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases as Used in Cumberland and Westmorland, with Illustrative Sentences in the North Westmorland Dialect

by Bryham Kirkby

TRICK—Dealings. Ah’ll hev neea trick wi’ thi ato.

TRIVIT—Ah’s as reet as a trivit.

TROD—A path made by the constant treading of feet—fiut-trod, rabbit-trod, coo-trod, sheep-trod, an’ seea on.

TROONCE—Chastise. Ah’ll troonce thi a bit fer thi craft.

TRUGFUL—An assboordful o’ owt.

TRUST—Credit. Ah bowt that nag o’ trust.

TRUNNEL—Wheel fer t’ barrow. T’ trunnel is like a lot o’ mair things, they gah better wi’ greasin’.

TRAVELLERS’ JOY—Whar it grows theers watter.

TULL, TULT—To it. Dry breed an’ nowt tult.

TUTHER, TUDDER—When a chap can’t tell tudder frae which he’s badly hodden.