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A retail business, especially a public-house, that is obliged by a contract to obtain its supplies from some particular firm. There are tied houses in the drapery, grocery, dairy, boot and shoe, hardware, liquor, and book trades. — Liberty Review, 14th April, 1894.
Completely confused or upset
Given over, finished; also married, in allusion to the hymeneal knot, unless a jocose allusion be intended to the "halter" (altar). See BUCKLED, term in use among costermongers and street folk generally.
A pet, a fit of ill humour.
A breakfast, déjeûner à la fourchette.—Anglo-Indian Slang.
Eating or drinking out of meal time, disputing or falling out; also lying with a wench, A tiff of punch, a small bowl of punch.
Easily offended, apt to be annoyed.
A parasite; also a term for a ferocious woman; a boy employed to wait on gentlemen—one who waits on ladies is a page.
a person or thing that appears similar but has distinct differences
Close, stingy; hard up, short of cash; TIGHT, spruce, strong, active; "a TIGHT lad," a smart, active young fellow; TIGHT, drunk, or nearly so, generally the result of "going on the loose;" "TIGHT-laced," puritanical, over-precise. Money is said to be TIGHT when the public, from want of confidence in the aspect of affairs, are not inclined to speculate.
Refusing to talk or reveal information
A well-organized and efficiently run operation
A difficult or precarious situation
A difficult or challenging situation
Reduce spending by being more frugal
A dinner, or hearty meal. See SPITALFIELDS’ BREAKFAST.
Or BUFFER-LURKING, dog-stealing.
Sixpence; so called from its formerly being the fare for Crossing over from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort.
A hat, a covering for the head.
Until the end of one's life
See DEPART. Death or Glory Boys, the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) whose regimental badge is a Death's Head and Crossbones, with the words "Or Glory.
An ATM.
To tilt; to fight with a sword. To run full tilt against one; allusion to the ancient tilling with the lance.
To attack or challenge something that is perceived as wrong or unjust, but is actually harmless or unimportant
A Catholic.
A light one--horse chaise without a head.
A man with a wooden leg.
A wooden-legged man. Also at the East-end one who wears clogs, i.e., wooden soled boots.
Cabman’s slang for money. If they wish to express 9s. 9d. they say that "it is a quarter to ten;" if 3s. 6d., half-past three; if 11s. 9d. a quarter to twelve. Cab-drivers can hardly have originated a system which has been in existence as long as the adage, "Time is money." They have, however, the full use of the arrangement, which is perhaps the simplest on record.
Repeatedly, on multiple occasions
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
A payment method based on actual time and materials used
Circumstances that cannot be changed or controlled
No one can stop the passage of time
Someone or something that wastes or steals time
Someone who wastes or steals others' time
A place or thing that seems unchanged and forgotten by time
Time seems to pass slowly when one is fully engaged
Time is pitiless and spares no one
Time can lessen the pain of a wound or sadness
Time should be used wisely
The situation is ready for action or change
There is not much time available
Time is passing and a decision or action must be taken quickly
Life is pointless without goals or direction
See SPORTING SEASONS. Time lag, term given to the pause that elapses between a cause and its effect.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
An extremely enjoyable experience
A period of leave or vacation from work or duties
to take a break or pause from an activity
For a very long time
A dodge, the latest aspect of affairs; "that’s your TIME O’ DAY," i.e., that’s well done; to put a person up to the TIME O’ DAY, or let him know "what’s o’clock," is to instruct him in the knowledge needful for him.
A visual or wireless signal indicating exact noon or some other recognized hour.
Something that wastes or steals time
Old John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (about 1340-99), so called by Shakespeare (Richard //, i, 1) because his memory had been honoured by
To sleep.
Very timid.
Very timid.
It was played either with the fingers or with a plectrum. The lyre is called by poets a "shell," because the cords of the lyre used by Orpheus, Amphion, and Apollo were stretched on the shell of a tortoise. Hercules used boxwood.
Money,—generally applied to silver.