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THE MOODS OF GINGER MICK

Tip.—A warning; a prognostication; a hint.

Tipple.—Strong drink; to indulge in strong drink.

Toff.—An exalted person.

Togs.—Clothes.

Togged.—Garbed.

Tom.—A girl.

Tony.— Stylish.

Took.—Arrested; apprehended.

Top, off one's.—Out of one's mind.

Top off, to.—To knock down; to assault.

Touch.—Manner; mode; fashion.

Toss in the towel.— See "Rag."

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.

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.—Impertinently; uninvited.

Twig.—To observe; to espy.

Two-up School.—A gambling den.


Umpty.—An indefinite numeral.

Upper-cut.—In pugilism, an upward blow.

Uppish.—Proud.

Up to us.—Our turn; our duty.


Vag, on the.—Under the provisions of the Vagrancy Act.