Trinity Sunday. That which follows Whitsunday, pursuant to the good old Catholic custom of allowing religious exercises, specifically the partaking of the Holy Communion, to be performed within the octave, or eight days, of a great feast.
Tristan d’Acunha. After the Portuguese navigator who discovered this island in 1651.
Trithing. See “[Riding].”
Trump Street. After the makers of trumpets, who, in the days of public pageants and processions, here had their workshops.
Trust. Another word for a “Combine” or “Corner,” with this difference that its members are pledged to stand by one another, and faithfully maintain the high prices their action has brought about.
Tudors. This royal house received its name from Owen Tudor, a Welsh soldier, who while stationed at Windsor, contracted a secret marriage with Catherine, the widowed queen of Henry V.
Tuesday. In the Scandinavian mythology the day set apart for the worship of Tiw, the God of War.
Tuft. See “[Toff].”
Tulle. From the French town of the same name, where this fabric was first made.
Tumble to it. This phrase is a vulgar perversion of “stumble upon it”--i.e. the meaning or comprehension of a thing.