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tramp¹ | To wander in search of work. Hence tramping, on tramp References: [i] Hobsbawn, Eric. Labouring Men: Studies in the history of labour (Wiedenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1964) pp 34-63
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trapper¹ | A trapper was a child employed to open and close doors in roadways along which the coal tubs were transported. The practice of employing boys to do this work continued after the 1842 Act Mines and Collieries Act prohibited all girls and boys under ten years old from working underground in coal mines. Reference:
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trap¹ | Trap: A small carriage on springs; usually, a two-wheeled spring carriage, a gig, a spring-cart [OED]
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Travelling_wallet¹ | A bag for holding provisions, clothing, books, etc [OED]
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treadmill¹ | Treadmill: A horizontal cylinder made to revolve by the weight of persons treading on boards arranged as equidistant steps around its periphery. Use as an instrument of prison discipline.
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trig(1) | Of places or things: neat, tidy, well-kept. [Dict. Scots. Lang]
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tripe(1) | The first or second stomach of a ruminant, esp. of the ox, prepared as food; formerly including also the entrails of swine and fish.
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Trotter(1) | The feet of a quadruped, especially those of sheep and pigs as used for food.
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trowserloons | Seemingly trousers of some sort.
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trow¹ | To believe, give credence to, trust, have confidence in [Dictionary of the Scots Language]
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Truck (1) |
a horse drawn, strong flat open trolley for carrying blocks of stone or the like (OED)
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Trunk_line¹ | trunk_lines¹ A main railway line. (OED). The OED dates the first usage of “trunk line” to 1842
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Try_on¹ | To do something in order to see what will come of it, or whether it produces the expected result. [OED]
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Tub(1) | A small truck into which the cut coal is filled. It was also used as a verb meaning to transport in tubs.
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tubs(1) | tub(1) A small truck into which the cut coal is filled. It was also used as a verb meaning to transport in tubs.
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turn out¹ | Strike [CPB]
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turn-out² | A driving equipage; a carriage with its horse or horses, and other adjuncts [OED] |
turned out(1) | On strike. turnout; a strike
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turner(1) | Meaning uncertain
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Turnpike¹ | Toll road established by act of parliament and maintained by bodies known as Turnpike Trusts. By extension, any main road.
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