1897. Marshall, Pomes, 60. And yet you seem out on the mike. . . . For a wonder you're minus your tyke.
1901. Walker, In the Blood, 113. An just tip a bait to the blooming tykes.
Tilbury, subs. (old).—Sixpence;
6d.; see Rhino (Grose, Vaux,
Halliwell).
Tile, subs. (common).—A hat: spec.
a tall silk-hat, or chimney-pot
(q.v.): see Golgotha. Tile-frisking
= stealing hats from
halls and lobbies (Grose).
1837. Dickens, Pickwick, xii. Afore the brim went it was a wery handsome tile.
1837. Barham, Ingolds. Leg., 'Auto-da-Fé. A feat which his Majesty deigning to smile on, Allowed him thenceforward to stand with his tile on.
1854-5. Thackeray, Newcomes, xxv. My uncle the bishop had his shovels there; and they used for a considerable period to cover this humble roof with tiles.
1891. Notes and Queries, 7 S. xii. 48. Short for 'chimney-pot hat,' less reverently known as a 'tile.'
1897. Marshall, Pomes, 70. He was moist about the blinkers, and was bald upon the roof, Which was covered by a curate's giddy tile.
A tile loose, phr. (common).—Silly; crazy.
On the tiles, phr. (common).—On the loose; caterwauling.
Till, subs. (venery). The female
pudendum: cf. money-box: see
Monosyllable.
Till-sneak, subs. phr. (thieves').—A
thief whose speciality is robbing
shop-tills.
Tilly. Easy as tilly, phr. (old).—Very
easy.
Tilly-vally, phr. (old).—Pish!
nonsense! Bosh!
d.1529 Skelton, Works [Dyce], 35. Avent, avent, [avaunt] my popinjay, What will you do? nothing but play? Tully vally, straw.
1551. More, Utopia, Int. xv. She used to say . . . Tillie vallie, tillie vallie . . . will you sit and make goslings in the ashes?
1598. Shakspeare, 2 Henry IV., ii. 5. Tilly-fally, Sir John! never tell me; your ancient swaggerer comes not in my doors. Ibid. (1602), Twelfth Night, ii. 3. Am I not consanguinous? am I not of her blood? Tilly valley, lady.
1816. Scott, Antiquary, vi. Tilley-valley, Mr Lovel . . . a truce to your politeness.
Tilter, subs. (Old Cant).—A
sword: also to tilt, verb = to
fight with rapiers (B. E. and
Grose).
Timber, subs. (? nonce-word).—1.
The stocks.
1838. D. Jerrold, Men of Character, 'Christopher Snub,' i. The squire gives me over to the beadle, who claps me here in the timber.
2. (common).—In pl. = the legs. 'Shiver (or dash) my timbers! (a mock oath)' = Plague take my wooden legs: see Dash. Also timber toes = (1) a wooden-legged man; (2) a person wearing clogs (East End).
3. (American tramps'). See quot.
1900. Josiah Flynt, Tramping with Tramps, 398. A clubbing at the hands of the toughs of a town unfriendly to tramps.
Tail-timber, subs. phr. (old).—Bum-fodder
(q.v.).
1678. Lestrange, Quevedo's Visions, 256. Into Lucifer's house of office where there was . . . many Tun of Sir Reverence, and Bales of flattering Paneygyricks . . . I could not but smile at this provision of tail-timber.
Timber-mare, subs. phr. (old).—See
quot.
