TAYLOR. Nine taylors make a man; an ancient and common saying, originating from the effeminacy of their employment; or, as some have it, from nine taylors having been robbed by one man; according to others, from the speech of a woollendraper, meaning that the custom of nine, taylors would make or enrich one man--A London taylor, rated to furnish half a man to the Trained Bands, asking how that could possibly be done? was answered, By sending four, journeymen and and apprentice.--Puta taylor, a weaver, and a miller into a sack, shake them well, And the first that, puts out his head is certainly a thief.--A taylor is frequently styled pricklouse, assaults on those vermin with their needles. TAYLORS GOOSE. An iron with which, when heated, press down the seams of clothes. TEA VOIDER. A chamber pot. TEA GUELAND. Ireland. Teaguelanders; Irishmen. TEARS OF THE TANKARD. The drippings of liquor on a man's waistcoat. TEDDY MY GODSON. An address to a supposed simple fellow, or nysey, TEIZE. To-nap the teize; to receive a whipping. CANT. TEMPLE PICKLING. Pumping a bailiff; a punishment formerly administered to any of that fraternity caught exercising their functions within the limits of Temple. TEN TOES. See BAYARD OF TEN TOES. TEN IN THE HUNDRED. An usurer; more than five in the hundred being deemed usurious interest. TENANT AT WILL, One whose wife usually fetches him from the alehouse. TENANT FOR LIFE. A married man; i.e. possessed of a woman for life. TENDER PARNELL. A tender creature, fearful of the least puff of wind or drop of rain. As tender as Parnell, who broke her finger in a posset drink. TERMAGANT. An outrageous scold from Termagantes, a cruel Pagan, formerly represented in diners shows and entertainments, where being dressed a la Turque, in long clothes, he was mistaken for a furious woman. TERRA FIRMA. An estate in land. TESTER. A sixpence: from TESTON, a coin with a head on it. TETBURY PORTION. A **** and a clap. THAMES. He will not find out a way to set the Thames on fire; he will not make any wonderful discoveries, he is no conjuror. THATCH-GALLOWS. A rogue, or man of bad character. THICK. Intimate. They are as thick as two inkle-weavers. THIEF. You are a thief and a murderer, you have killed a baboon and stole his face; vulgar abuse. THIEF IN A CANDLE. Part of the wick or snuff, which falling on the tallow, burns and melts it, and causing it to gutter, thus steals it away. THIEF TAKERS. Fellows who associate with all kinds of villains, in order to betray them, when they have committed any of those crimes which entitle the persons taking them to a handsome reward, called blood money. It is the business of these thief takers to furnish subjects for a handsome execution, at the end of every sessions. THIMBLE. A watch. The swell flashes a rum thimble; the gentleman sports a fine watch.