tommy
Soft Tommy, or white Tommy; bread is so called by sailors, to distinguish it from biscuit. Brown Tommy: ammunition bread for soldiers; or brown bread given to convicts at the hulks.
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tommy
Bread,—food generally. Sometimes applied by workmen to the supply of food which they carry in a bag or handkerchief as their daily allowance. TOMMY-BAG is the term for the bag or handkerchief in which the "daily bread" is carried.
tommy bar
This is a small bar of rounded metal used for inserting into and turning box-spanners and similar tools.
tommy gun
A Thompson short-barrelled, sub-machine gun.
tommy o’rann
Scran,—vulgar term for food.
tommy shop
A shop where vouchers, given by an employer in lieu of money, can be exchanged for goods; commonly run by large employers of labour before the truck system was made illegal.
tommy tripe
To pipe; that is, to observe. "Tommy Tripe his plates of meat."
tommy-master
One who pays his workmen in goods, or gives them tickets upon tradesmen, with whom he shares the profit.
tommy-shop
A shop where wages are paid to mechanics or others, who are expected to "take out" a portion of the money in goods. Also, a baker’s shop.
tomorrow is another day
Difficulties can be faced later
tomorrow never comes
Procrastination is futile because the future becomes the present
tongue
Tongue enough for two sets of teeth: said of a talkative person. As old as my tongue, and a little older than my teeth; a dovetail in answer to the question, How old are you? Tongue pad; a scold, or nimble-tongued person.
tongue
"to TONGUE a person," i.e., to talk him down. TONGUED, talkative.
Tonic Sol-fa
A system of musical notation in which diatonic scales are written always in one way (the keynote being indicated), the tones being represented by syllables or initials, and time and accents by dashes and colons. Tonic is a musical term denoting pertaining to or founded on the keynote; sol and fa are two of the Aretmian Syllables (q.v.Y See also DOH; GAMUT.
tonker
The penis.
tonquin beans
A geographical blunder, for they are the seeds, the Dipteryx odorata, from 1 onka, in Guiana, not Tonquin, in Asia.
tonsil hockey
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
tonsil tennis
a heated and repetitive argument
tony
A silly fellow, or ninny. A mere tony: a simpleton.
tony lumpkin
A young, clownish country fellow. From She Stoops to Conquer.
too bad
expressing regret or disappointment
too big for one's boots
Overly confident or arrogant due to one's success or status
too big for one's britches
Exceedingly proud or arrogant
too cool for school
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
too far
exceeding what is acceptable or reasonable
too good for this world
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
too good to be true
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
too hard
excessively difficult
too hot to hold
A problem or situation that is too difficult or sensitive to handle
too late
Beyond the expected or suitable time
too little, too late
Inadequate or insufficient action taken after it is no longer effective
too long
exceedingly lengthy in time or duration
too many
exceedingly numerous
too many balls in the air
To have too many tasks or responsibilities at one time
too many cooks spoil the broth
Too many people involved can ruin a project or activity
too many irons in the fire
More affairs in hand than you can properly attend to. The allusion is to a smithy where the smith has a number of irons heating to red heat.
too much
excessive or more than enough
too much rain makes a flood
Excess of anything can lead to problems
too rich for one's blood
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
tool
The instrument of any person or faction, a cat's paw. See CATS PAW.
tool
As "a poor TOOL," a bad hand at anything.
tool around
to drive or travel casually
tooler
A pickpocket. MOLL-TOOLER, a female pickpocket.
toolie
An adult reveller who deliberately travels to a destination where schoolies (senior students) congregate, often to solicit sex from them.
tools
The private parts of a man.
tools of trade
Equipment or skills necessary for a particular job or activity
toorkey
Turkey.
toot
Cocaine.
toot one's own horn
to proudly talk about one's own achievements
tooter
A straw used to inhale cocaine.
tooth
"he has cut his eye TOOTH," i.e., he is sharp enough, or old enough, to do so; "old in the TOOTH," far advanced in age,—said often of old maids. From the stable term for aged horses which have lost the distinguishing marks in their teeth.
tooth and egg
An obsolete corruption of tutenag (from Arab, tutiyd), an alloy rich in zinc, coming from China and the East Indies and largely used for lining tea-chests.
tooth and nail
Fiercely and with all one's strength
tooth duller
Hardtack.
tooth-pick
A large stick. An ironical expression.
toothpaste is out of the tube
A decision or action cannot be undone
toothypeg
tooth
tootsies
Feet, those of ladies and children in particular. In married life it is said the husband uses this expression for the first six months; after that he terms them "hoofs."
top
The signal among tailors and sempstresses for snuffing the candle; one cries TOP, and all the others follow; he who last pronounces the word has to snuff the candle.
top and tail
To edit or revise the beginning and end of a piece of writing
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