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Glossary - [T - Z]
Introduction
This page contains a glossary for the poems and prose pieces of CJ Dennis that I have
been able to find. It is based on the combined glossaries published in Dennis's various books.
Index
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T
Tabbie | A female |
Take down | Deceive; get the best of |
Take 'em on | Engage them in battle |
Take it out | To undergo imprisonment in lieu of a fine |
Tart | A young woman (contraction of sweetheart) |
Tater | Potato |
Tenner | A ten-pound note |
Throw in the alley | To surrender |
Time, to do | To serve a term in prison |
Time, to have no time for | To regard with impatient disfavour |
Tip | To forecast; to give; to warn |
Tip | A warning; a prognostication; a hint |
Tipple | Strong drink; to indulge in strong drink |
Toff | An exalted person |
Togs | Clothes |
Togged | Garbed |
Torn | A girl |
Tony | Stylish |
Took | Arrested; apprehended |
Top, off one's | Out of one's mind |
Top off, to | To knock down; to assault |
Toss in the towel | See "rag" |
Tossed out on my neck | Rejected |
Touch | Manner; mode; fashion |
Tough | Unfortunate; hardy also a "tug," q.v. |
Tough luck | Misfortune |
Track with | To woo; to "go walking with" |
Treat, a | Excessively; abundantly |
Tucked away | Interred |
Tucker | Food |
Tug | An uncouth fellow; a hardy rogue |
Tumble to, or to take a tumble | To comprehend suddenly |
Turkey, head over | Heels over head |
Turn down | To reject; to dismiss |
Turn, out of one's | lmpertinently; uninvited |
Twig | To observe; to espy |
Two-up School | A gambling den |
U
Umpty | An indefinite numeral |
Umptydoo | Far-fetched; "crook" |
Upper-cut | ln pugilism, an upward blow |
Uppish | Proud |
Up to us | Our turn; our duty |
V
Vag, on the | Under the provisions of the Vagrancy Act |
W
Wade in | Take your fill |
Wallop | To beat; chastise |
Waster | A reprobate; an utterly useless and unworthy person |
Waterworks, to turn on the | To shed tears |
Welt | A blow |
Wet, to get | To become incensed; ill-tempered |
Whips | Abundance |
White (white man) | A true, sterling fellow |
White-headed boy | A favourite; a pet |
Willin' | Strenuous; hearty |
Win, a | Success |
Wise, to get | To comprehend; to unmask deceit |
Wise, to put | To explain; to instruct |
Wolf | To eat |
Word | To accost with fair speech |
Wot price | Behold; how nowt |
Wowser | A narrow-minded, intolerant person |
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Y
Yakker | Hard Toil |
Yap | To talk volubly |
Yowling | Wailing; caterwauling |
Z
Index
A | B |
C | D |
E | F |
G | H |
I | J |
K | L |
M | N |
O | P |
Q | R |
S | T |
U | V |
W | X |
Y | Z
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