The Anglish Moot

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Anglish sp English
Tail n A woman as a sex object. 2. one who carries out surveillance works
Tailbone n The buttocks
Tail it phr To die
Tail off phr Run off or withdraw.
Tail over Top phr Head over heels, topsy turvy
Tail timber n Toilet paper.
Tail wwater n Urine
Tailwork n Sexual intercourse
Tail-worker n A sex worker.
Take n A cheat, swindler, scammer; deceive. 2. The box-office receipts: "The Take or The Takings." ' 3. an opinion; view, stance one's take on. 4. to become or fall in a state of take ill 5. bribery.
Take a Blind Leap into the Next World" phr To pass away, die, take a blinder
Take a licking phr To lose; to get poor results; to end in defeat
Take a shot phr To take a chance; make an effort
Take in phr To cheat, deceive, scam; defraud
Take it on the chin phr To absorb the punishment/disappointment and move on
Take the bit between one's teeth phr To assert one's independence; to act assertively
Talk up oneself phr To boast; to talk arrogantly.
Talking iron phr A pistol, a revolver, gun
Talkshop n A place where a lot of talk takes place, but usually without much action.
Tall stepping phr Excellent performing; good playing; outstanding
Teapot n A locomotive, train, especially a steam train.
Teeth outwards phr Superficial.
Tell n A behavioural clue that reveals something one tries to hide. 2. a sign; a clue.
Tell the World phr To say loudly, emphatically and somewhat boastfully.
Ten sack n A small bag of illegal or illicit drugs, usually marijuana.
Thank-you work phr Gratuitous work.
That kind phr A person or thing that is regarded as inferior or disagreeable is said to be that kind
Thick as thieves phr Very friendly
Thiefland n Modern Australia, with reference to its convict past.
Thimble-knight n A tailor
Think box n Brain; head; thinking-box..
Thinker n The thinker; the brain.
Thinking-box n The brain; the head.
Thin on the Ground phr Sparse, well spread-out, in small number
Thin time n A period of suffering or discomfiture.
Third eyebrow n A moustache
Third wheel n An unwanted or superfluous person.
Thistle-digger n Countrified person; a rustic; bumpkin, hick
Thistle-down n Children, like blowing thistledown, they wander.
Thistle-seed n Gysies, because of their disapora.
Thorny wire n An ill-tempered person 'prickly' person.
Thoroughgood n A thoroughly good person
Thrash vb To defeat; beat in a sporting event
Threepenny upright n Or Threepenny stand-up: an inexpensive sex worker.(obs.) word from Victorian England. threepenny (thrup'ny) was the price, upright was the position (to facilitate speed, therefore rapid turnover of customers), "the deed" was frequently done in alleyways. Known use found in Bertolt Brecht's "The Beggar's Opera".
Three-toed sloth n A patient with diminished capacities, usually from long-term abuse of alcohol and/or addictive drugs.
Throat-latch n Larynx
Throttled adj Wiped out by a wave when surfing by being slammed against sand, rock or reef and held down for a long period of time.
Throttlebottom n An innocuously inept and futile person (politician) in public office;
Throughshine vb Shine through (<OE þurhscīnan)
Throw lead phr To fire a gun.
Throwaway n Advertising circular; a letter box bill
Throw shape n Dance to popular music
Throw smoke n To consistently pitch fastballs in baseball. 2. to consistently bowl fastballs in cricket.
Throw the book at phr To give a law violator the maximum sentence
Thrown together phr A makeshift outfit or combination; unattractive
Thumber n A hitchhiker
Thistle-chins n Local residents (a circus word).
Thusness n A manner, method, or extent
Tide of red n The menstrual flow; red tide. 2. a common name for algal blooms.
Tie the knot phr To perform a marriage; get or become married
Timber-wolf n A lumberjack, timberjack or logger
Time-box n Prison; penitentiary, jail.
Time-needy n Those people who struggle to find a work/ life balance
Tin bird n Aeroplane, plane. (N.Z. slang)
Tin ear phr To eaves drop; to spy
Tin fish n A torpedo (navy slang).
Tin hare n Informal name for a type of rail motor (CPH class) used extensively throughout NSW between the 1940s and the 1980s. The name derived from a similarity to the electric hare introduced to greyhound racing at about the same time.
Tinhornland n The world of petty gamblers, betters and punters.
Tinshin off vb To abscond with money
Tish n Excrement; a metathesis of 'shit'
Toesmithing n Dancing
Toe the line phr To obey orders; to meet all requirements with meticulous care.
Toolie n A older man (25-35yrs) who preys upon drunken and disoriented schoolies .
Toothman n A big-eater
Top vb To hang; to be executed by hanging.
Top dog n The chief man in the organisation
Topmost rung phr First place
Top off ph To assassinate; to execute
Topped adj Assassinated; executed '
Top shape phr Excellent condition; first class
Top the standing phr To take the first place among(st) competitors
Tough adj Rough, vicious, aggressive, difficult; unfortunate; too bad (see "Tough shit")
Tough n A "Tough" a violent, aggressive thug and stand-over man
Tough going phr A hard an difficult situation.
Tough shit phr Too bad (see "Tough")
Tough stick n A patient whose veins are too hard to find when drawing blood.
Town-shift n Confidence trickster.
Treadway n A person incapable of dealing with technology; one whose presence causes a breakdown in all nearby electrical appliances.
Trimmings n Money swindle from gullible people
Tucks n Rheumatism
Tumbleset n A somersault
Tumbleweed n An itinerant, vagabond, pedlar.
Turf it phr To go on foot; walk
Twelvhynde and Twihynde phr The rich and the poor
Twilight hangover n A hangover without alcohol, usually caused by over-reading, overworking, or staying up watching television until early morning.
Twinklers n The eyes
Two-mug n Traitor, duplicitous person, double-crosser
Two-mugged adj Duplicitous
Two-fisted adj Vigorous, forceful, energetic
Two-time vb To deceive; to play one falsely; to cheat; to betray; to double-cross; to be a false-hearted lover