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.
TWO THIEVES BEATING A ROGUE. A man beating his
hands against his sides to warm himself in cold weather;
called also beating the booby, and cuffing Jonas.
TWO TO ONE SHOP. A pawnbroker's: alluding to the
three blue balls, the sign of that trade: or perhaps to its
being two to one that the goods pledged are never redeemed.
TWO-HANDED. Great. A two-handed fellow or wench;
a great strapping man orwoman,
TYE. A neckcloth.
TYBURN BLOSSOM. A young thief or pickpocket, who in
time will ripen into fruit borne by the deadly never-green.