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T--D . There were four t--ds for dinner: stir t--d, hold t--d, tread t--d, and mus-t--d: to wit, a hog's face, feet and chitterlings, with mustard. He will never sh--e a seaman's t--d; i.e. he will never make a good seaman.
TABBY . An old maid; either from Tabitha, a formal antiquated name; or else from a tabby cat, old maids being often compared to cats. To drive Tab; to go out on a party of pleasure with a wife and family.
TACE . Silence, hold your tongue. TACE is Latin for a candle; a jocular admonition to be silent on any subject.
TACKLE . A mistress; also good clothes. The cull has tipt his tackle rum gigging; the fellow has given his mistress good clothes. A man's tackle: the genitals.
TAFFY . i.e. Davy. A general name for a Welchman, St. David being the tutelar saint of Wales. Taffy's day; the first of March, St. David's day.
TAG-RAG AND BOBTAIL . An expression meaning an assemblage of low people, the mobility of all sorts. To tag after one like a tantony pig: to follow one wherever one goes, just as St. Anthony is followed by his pig.
TAIL . A prostitute. Also, a sword.
TAKEN IN . Imposed on, cheated.
TALE TELLERS . Persons said to have been formerly hired to tell wonderful stories of giants and fairies, to lull their hearers to sleep. Talesman; the author of a story or report: I'll tell you my tale, and my talesman. Tale bearers; mischief makers, incendiaries in families.
TALL BOY . A bottle, or two-quart pot.
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