TEARS OF THE TANKARD. The drippings of liquor on a
man's waistcoat.
TEDDY MY GODSON. An address to a supposed simple
fellow, or nysey,
TEIZE. To-nap the teize; to receive a whipping. CANT.
TEMPLE PICKLING. Pumping a bailiff; a punishment formerly administered to any of that fraternity caught exercising their functions within the limits of Temple.
TEN TOES. See BAYARD OF TEN TOES.
TEN IN THE HUNDRED. An usurer; more than five in
the hundred being deemed usurious interest.
TENANT AT WILL, One whose wife usually fetches him
from the alehouse.
TENANT FOR LIFE. A married man; i.e. possessed of a
woman for life.
TENDER PARNELL. A tender creature, fearful of the least puff of wind or drop of rain. As tender as Parnell, who broke her finger in a posset drink.
TERMAGANT. An outrageous scold from Termagantes, a cruel Pagan, formerly represented in diners shows and entertainments, where being dressed a la Turque, in long clothes, he was mistaken for a furious woman.