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Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James), 1876-1938

"The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke"


Tart--A young woman (contraction of sweetheart).
Tenner--A ten-pound note.
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 persogn.
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.
Toss in the towel--See "rag."
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.
Tug--An uncouth fellow; a hardy rogue.
Tumble to, or to take a tumble--To comprehend suddenly.
Turkey, head over--Head over heels.
Turn down--To reject; 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.
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.


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