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| the ton¹ | People of fashion; fashionable society; the fashionable world. [O.E.D.]
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| The turf | Horse racing and its associated business.
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| the_horns¹ | To ‘give horns to’; to cuckold ; to dishonour by adultery [OED]
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| the_indian_trade¹ | Tea was imported by the East India Company and thus sometimes described as 'Indian' [Ref: Markman Ellis, Professor of Eighteenth Century Studies at Queen Mary University of London. Canton Tea Company website http://www.cantonteaco.com/blog/2011/06/teas-of-the-eighteenth-century-english-tea-trade/]
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| the_lake¹ | Lake of Fire, Hell. John Bunyan The Pilgrims Progress (1678) Chapter 2. Project Gutenberg Website http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39452/39452-h/39452-h.htm [accessed 27Apr2020]
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| the_needful¹ | The necessary funds; money, cash [OED]
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| thick-tollols | Possibly victuals. Simon Rennie (i) writes "This is a guess, informed by similar wilful word-mangling we have come across, but I think 'thick-tollols' refers to 'victuals'. You'll be familiar with the practice of creating comic versions of unfamiliar phrases. We have a poem where 'bronchitis' is known as the 'brown-critters'. (i) Senior Lecturer in Victorian Poetry, Exeter University
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| thrutch¹ | Thrutch: Thrust; push
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| tick¹ | A very short period of time; almost immediately; The time it takes for a clock to tick.
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| Tiddle-le-bump |
Presumably flirtatious or sexual behaviour. The OED gives one 19th century meaning of tiddle as “To fondle or indulge to excess; to pet, pamper; to tend carefully, nurse, cherish.”
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| tiff¹ | Trim, Condition [Palmer, Roy - A Touch on the Times Songs of Social Change 1770 to 1914 (Penguin Education, 1974) pp 62]
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| tift | slight fit of ill-humour or offendedness; a petty quarrel or disagreement:[OED]
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| tiger¹ | Servants working as liveried coachmen. Judith Flanders [i] says that "Their name derived from their striped livery. Tigers, usually boys, wore tight, jocky-like outfits". Reference [i] Flanders, Judith. The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dicken's London (New York, Thomas Dunne Books St. Martin's Press, 2014) p87
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| tighter¹ | tidier or neater [OED/CPB]
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| tights |
Tight-fitting breeches, worn by men in the 18th and early 19th centuries. (OED)
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| tint¹ | Lost (scots) The OED gives a latest quotation in 1725.
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| Tin¹ | Cash
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| tip² | Money given to an inferior, especailly to a servant or employee of another for a service rendered or expected [OED] |
| Tip¹ | A piece of useful private or special information
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| tit(1) | A small horse
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