Tish, subs. (Royal Military College).—A partition; a cubicle.
Tit. See ’Varsity-tit.
Titch, subs. (Christ’s Hospital).—A flogging. Also as verb [Onomatopœia]. See Appendix.
Tizzy-poole, subs. (Winchester: obsolete).—A fives ball [costing 6d., and sold by a head porter named Poole.]
Toad, subs. (Winchester: obsolete).—In College a piece of hot toast put into beer.
Toe-fit-tie, subs. (Winchester: obsolete).—See quot.
1881. Felstedian, Nov., p. 84, “A Day’s Fagging at Winchester.” I remember now; it was that brute A—— who “to FITTI”-ed me last night.... For the benefit of the uninitiated let me explain the modus operandi and its etymology: it is nothing more or less than the commencement of a line in the old familiar “As in præsenti perfectum, format in avi,” which we used to learn, “to fit-ti,” in reference to verbs of the third conjugation, transferred from the similarity of sound to the school-boy’s toe; it consisted in tying a running noose on a piece of string, cunningly turning up the bed-clothes at the foot, putting it round the big toe of an unconscious sleeper, running the noose up tight, and pulling till the victim followed the direction of string from the pain, getting farther and farther out of bed and nearer and nearer the floor, till mercifully released.
Togger, subs. (Oxford).—A Torpid (q.v.) boat-race.
1894. Felstedian, Dec., p. 181. Wiltshire will probably row in one of the University TOGGERS next term.
1896. Tonbridgian, No. 339, 1124. Rowland rowed in the TOGGER, fifth on the river.