The Prisoner of Zenda (61 page)

tin
NOUN
tin is slang for money/cash
Then the plain question is, an't it a pity that this state of things should continue, and how much better would it be for the old gentleman to hand over a reasonable amount of tin, and make it all right and comfortable
(
The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens)

tincture
NOUN
a tincture is a medicine made with alcohol and a small amount of a drug
with ink composed of a cephalic tincture
(
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift)

tithe
NOUN
a tithe is a tax paid to the church
and held farms which, speaking from a spiritual point of view, paid highly-desirable tithes
(
Silas Marner
by George Eliot)

towardly
ADJ
a towardly child is dutiful or obedient
and a towardly child
(
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift)

toys
NOUN
trifles are things which are considered to have little importance, value, or significance
purchase my life from them bysome bracelets, glass rings, and other toys
(
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift)

tract
NOUN
a tract is a religious pamphlet or leaflet
and Joe Harper got a hymn-book and a tract
(
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain)

train-oil
NOUN
train-oil is oil from whale blubber
The train-oil and gunpowder were shoved out of sight in a minute
(
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë)

tribulation
NOUN
tribulation means the suffering or difficulty you experience in a particular situation
Amy was learning this distinction through much tribulation
(
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott)

trivet
NOUN
a trivet is a three-legged stand for resting a pot or kettle
a pocket-knife in his right; and a pewter pot on the trivet
(
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens)

trot line
NOUN
a trot line is a fishing line to which a row of smaller fishing lines are attached
when he got along I was hard at it taking up a trot line
(
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain)

troth
NOUN
oath or pledge
I wonder, by my troth
(
The Good-Morrow
by John Donne)

truckle
NOUN
a truckle bedstead is a bed that is on wheels and can be slid under another bed to save space
It rose under my hand, and the door yielded. Looking in, I saw a lighted candle on a table, a bench, and a mattress on a truckle bedstead.
(
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens)