TU QUOQUE. The mother of all saints.
TUB THUMPER. A presbyterian parson.
TUCKED UP. Hanged. A tucker up to an old bachelor or widower; a supposed mistress.
TUFT HUNTER. A it anniversary parasite, one who courts the acquaintance of nobility, whose caps are adorned with a gold tuft.
TUMBLER. A cart; also a sharper 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 sounds of instruments
when tuning.
TO TUP. To have carnal knowledge of a woman.
TUP. A ram: figuratively, a cuckold.
TUP RUNNING. A rural sport practised at wakes and fairs in Derbyshire; a ram, whose tail is well soaped and greased, 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.
T—D. There were four t—ds for dinner: stir t—d, hold t—d, tread t—d, and mus-t—d: to wit, a hog's face, feet and chitterlings, with mustard. He will never sh—e a seaman's t—d; i.e. he will never make a good seaman.