• T - a federal officer ...1950s criminals' sl.
• TAAPIE - a silly, careless woman ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• TAATIE-HANDS - women and children employed in planting, picking, or sorting potatoes ...Bk1884 Eng. dial.
• TAATIE-TOPS - a term of abuse: because potato haulms are the most utterly worthless thing to be found on a farm ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• TAATIE-WOMEN - women who act as 'taatie-hands' ...Bk1884 Eng. dial
• TAB - 1. an elderly woman ...1849 sl.
  - 2. an old maid - any oldish woman ...1909 theatrical sl.
  - 3. a staff officer ...World War I army sl.
  - 4. a Cantab or Cambridge University man ...1914 colloq.
  - 5. a woman - a young woman ...1918 Aust. sl.
  - 6. a female sweetheart; one's girl ...1918 Aust. sl.
  - 7. a customer that. after giving an infinity of trouble, buys precisely nothing ...1935 drapers' & hosiers' usage
• TABARDAR - a sizar of Queen’s College, Oxford; so called because his gown has tabard sleeves – that is, loose sleeves, terminating a little below the elbow in a point ...1648
• TABARIN - a merry-Andrew, a buffoon, a jester ...Bk1894
• TABBER - a customer hard to please ...1935 drapers' usage
• TABBERER - one who knocks or taps lightly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TABBY - 1. an old or elderly maiden lady; an old maid; sometimes applied to any spiteful or ill-natured female gossip or tattler ...1761
  - 2. a girl or young woman, esp. an attractive one ...1916 sl.
  - 3. a prostitute ...1916 Aust. & US criminals' sl.
  - 4. a silly old woman ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• TABBY WATERER - one who tabbies silk (giving it a way appearance) by a process of calendering ...1867
• TABELLARY - †* a carrier of letters; an auditor, a scrivener ...1656
• TABELLIO - † a scrivener; a notary public...1413
• TABELLION - † a scrivener, a kind of subordinate notary; esp. in the Roman Empire, and in France till the Revolution, an official scribe having some of the functions of notary ...1413
• TABELLION-PUBLICK - official scribe or scrivener having some of the functions of a notary; one who draws up legal papers ...Bk1912 Amer. dial.
• TABERDAR - one who wears a tabard or short gown; a name formerly given to certain scholars of Queen's College, Oxford, from the gown they wore ...1648
• TABERNACLER - * one who worships in a 'tabernacle' ...1810
• TABERNARIUS - a tavern-keeper ...Bk1855
• TABERNER - one who keeps a tavern; an innkeeper ...1361 Sc.
• TABETIC - one who suffers from tabes (slow progressive emaciation of the body or its parts, consumption) ...1899
• TABHEAD - a person on a diet ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• TABITER - one who wears a tabard or short gown; a name formerly given to certain scholars of Queen's College, Oxford, from the gown they wore ...1648
• TABLE BIRD - a sexually attractive woman ...1968 Aust. sl.
• TABLE COMMANDANT - at West Point: the senior cadet at each table in the mess ...Bk1984 US military
• TABLE-COVERER - † an attendant who 'covered' the table, i.e. laid the cloth, etc., for a meal ...1737
• TABLE-CUTTER - a lapidary who cuts precious stones in 'tables' (large flat upper surface surrounded by small facets) ...1877
• TABLE-DECKER - † an attendant who 'covered' the table, i.e. laid the cloth, etc., for a meal ...1737
• TABLE-END MAN - a man whose sexual desire is so intense that he makes love to his partner over the dining/kitchen table rather than waiting until they reach the bedroom ...1984 sl.
• TABLE FINISHER - a glutton ...Bk1975 Amer. sl. arch.
• TABLE-GOSPELLER - † one who makes table talk of the gospel; one whose religion is mere talk ...1610
• TABLE-HOPPER - 1. a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses ...1987 sl.
  - 2. a gambler who moves from table to table in a casino ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• TABLE-KNIGHT - a knight who sits at someone's table, esp. at the Round Table ...1675
• TABLE-LOADER - one who loads the hoist-table of a lift ...1892
• TABLEMAN - † a gamester - applied in contempt ...1608
• TABLE-MAID - a domestic servant who lays the table and waits at meals ...1895
• TABLE-MAKER - a joiner who makes tables ...c1515
• TABLEMAN - † a gamester; a player of a game of chance; applied in contempt ...1608
• TABLE-MEN - † dice-players ...Bk1855
• TABLE-PEER - a fellow-commoner ...Bk1881
• TABLE-PLAYER - † a player at backgammon ...c1450
• TABLE PUSSY - a woman with good looks and manners ...1970 US sl.
• TABLER - 1. † a money-changer ...c1550
  - 2. † a player at backgammon ...1561
  - 3. † one who gets his meals at another's table for payment - a boarder ...1598 obs. or rare
  - 4. † one who keeps boarders, one who ‘tables’ people ...1665
• TABLE-SETTER - in baseball: a player whose role is to get on base and/or advance others to set up a scoring opportunity ...Bk1999 baseball usage
• TABLE-SPORT - a butt or laughingstock of the company ...1598
• TABLE-TALKER - one who talks or converses at table; especially a person of high conversational powers ...1846
• TABLE TAPPER - an unprofessional, part-time lay preacher ...1949 Amer. dial.
• TABLE-TIPPER - one who practises table-tipping (the tilting or tipping of a table by supposed spiritual agency) ...1865
• TABLE-TOPPER a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses ...1987 sl.
• TABLE-TURNER - one who practices table-turning (turning or moving a table without the use of any apparently adequate means, as by a number of persons placing their hands or fingers upon it; such movements being ascribed by some to spiritual agency ...1853
• TAB-LIFTER - a night-club customer ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• TABOOIST - one who practises or believes in taboo ...1885
• TABOR - * the drummer with his drum ...1362
• TABORER - 1. † a drummer; a performer on the tabor ...c1400
  - 2. a country dancer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TABORITE - a member of a militant group of Bohemian Hussite reformers who in 1402 gave the biblical name of Tabor to their fortified settlement south of Prague ...1646
• TABORNER - † a drummer ...a1400 chiefly Sc.
• TABOUR - * the drummer with his drum ...1362
• TABOURIER - † a drummer; a performer on the tabor ...c1400 obs.
• TABRET - † a performer on a tabret, a small tabor or drum ...a1377
• TABS - an aging woman ...1909 theatrical sl.
• TABSHAG - a term of reproach for an idle person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TABULATOR - one who tabulates or draws up a table or scheme ...1885
• TABURNER - † a player on the tabor ...a1400
• TABURNISTER - †* a female player on the tabor ...a1340
• TACHENER - a young man employed in a fishing-boat ...Bk1875
• TACHING-WAXER - a shoemaker ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TACHYGRAPH - a writer of shorthand; one of the shorthand writers of the ancient Greeks and Romans ...1810
• TACHYGRAPHER - a shorthand writer - stenographer ...1887
• TACHYGRAPHIST - a shorthand writer - stenographer ...1895
• TACHYIATER - one who cures speedily ...1898
• TACITIST - a student or follower of Tacitus, a Roman historian (c54-117) ...1656
• TACITURNIST - one who practices habitual silence or reserve ...1887
• TACK - 1. a person who is unfashionable or untidy ...1893 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a citified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
  - 3. a clever or smart man ...1972 Amer. dial.
  - 4. a conservative person ...1974 US Black sl.
  - 5. a fool ...1974 US Black sl.
  - 6. an adviser to a boys' school; a school dean ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
  - 7. an unsophisticated person ...1995 US Black sl.
• TACKER - 1. † one who grants a tack or lease ...1551 Sc.
  - 2. in English History: one who favoured the tacking of other bills in parliament to money-bills, in order to secure their passage through the House of Lords - especially in early 18th century, one who advocated tacking the bill against occasional conformity, 1704, to a money-bill ...1704 Eng. hist.
  - 3. in various trades: one who tacks or fastens articles or parts of things ...1727
  - 4. a little child, especially a small boy ...1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TACKET - a restless, unruly boy ...1896 Sc.
• TACKEY - 1. a low-class White person ...1836 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a man neglectful of personal appearance ...Bk1889 Amer. dial.
• TACKHEAD - 1. a stupid person; a rural farmer ...1836 US sl.
  - 2. an overdressed or excessively stylish person ...1980 US sl.
  - 3. an unattractive, unkempt woman ...1968 US Black sl.
  - 4. a troublemaker ...1992 US sl.
  - 5. a yard clerk ...Bk1978 railroad usage
  - 6. an overdressed male ...Bk1995 Amer. sl.
• TACKIE - a low-class White person ...1836 Amer. dial.
• TACKLE - 1. † a mistress; a whore, a prostitute ...1688 sl.
  - 2. a quick and rather troublesome child; a difficult child ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
  - 3. in American football: each of two players (right and left) stationed next to the end rusher or forward in the rush-line ...1894
  - 4. a showily or bizarrely dressed woman ...1983 Ulster sl.
  - 5. a cantankerous, verbally abusive woman ...1998 Ulster sl.
• TACKLE-HOUSE PORTER - a porter belonging to or employed at a tackle-house (either a house in which porters employed in loading and unloading ships kept their tackle, or a house having a tackle or pulley for hoisting heavy goods; a warehouse for lading and unlading merchandise going or coming by sea ...1606
• TACKLE-MAN - a man who works the tackle, e.g. of a gun ...1859
• TACKLE-PORTER - a porter belonging to or employed at a tackle-house (either a house in which porters employed in loading and unloading ships kept their tackle, or a house having a tackle or pulley for hoisting heavy goods; a warehouse for lading and unlading merchandise going or coming by sea ...a1600
• TACKLER - 1. an overlooker of power-loom weavers ...1864
  - 2. in making footwear: one who drives in tacks or nails ...1891
  - 3. one who tackles in football ...1891
• TACKMAN - 1. one who looks after horses or cattle which are grazed on tack; a keeper or tender of cattle or horses ...1885 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a manorial officer whose duty it was to collect the rents and fines due to the lord ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• TACKNE - an old ridiculous person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• TACKSMAN - one who holds a tack or lease of land, a water-mill, coal-mines, fishers, tithes, customs, or anything farmed or leased; a lessee; esp. in the Highlands, a middleman who leases directly from the proprietor of the estate a large piece of land which he sublets in small farms ...1533 Sc.
• TACKSWOMAN - a female holder of a tack ...1585 Sc.
• TACK-TO - a frequent companion, esp. of a woman who keeps company with a man in a somewhat imprecise relationship ...1827 Sc.
• TACK WALLAH - a total abstainer from alcohol; a man who was teetotal ...World War I sl.
• TACKY - 1. a stupid person, a rural farmer ...1836 US sl.
  - 2. a poor or low-class White of the Southern States from Virginia to Georgia ...1888 Amer. dial.
  - 3. a shabby, uncultured person, an untidy, neglected, or sloppy person, a backwoodsman ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
  - 4. an overdressed or excessively stylish person ...1980 US sl.
• TACKYHEAD - 1. a stupid person, a rural farmer ...1836 US sl.
  - 2. an unattractive, unkempt woman ...1968 US Black sl.
• TACKY-LACKY - a drudge; a person at everyone's beck and call ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TACO - 1. (derogatory) a Mexican or Mexican-American ...1968 Amer. dial.
  - 2. (derogatory) a fellow Black - the premise being one is no better than a Mexican ...1980s US Black sl.
• TACO BELLE - a Latin American woman ...1989 sl.
• TACO-BENDER - (derogatory) a Mexican or Mexican-American ...1969 Amer. sl.
• TACO-BREATH - a Mexican ...1978 US sl.
• TACO-EATER - (derogatory) a Mexican; a Chicano ...1978 US sl.
• TACO-HEAD - (derogatory) a Mexican or a Chicano ...1978 US sl.
• TACO QUEEN - a White homosexual who prefers Hispanic partners ...Bk1972 US homosexual sl.
• TACO-ROLLER - (derogatory) a Mexican or Mexican-American ...1968 Amer. sl.
• TACO-TWISTER - (derogatory) a Mexican migrant worker ...1974 Amer. sl.
• TACTIC - † a tactician - one skilled in tactics ...1638
• TACTICIAN - one versed in the art of tactics ...1798
• TACTITIONIST - one versed in the art of tactics ...1881
• TAD - 1. one who attempts to avoid paying a bill ...1845 colloq. orig. & chiefly Amer.
  - 2. a youth, a young man ...1851 orig. chiefly Amer.
  - 3. a child ...1877 colloq.
  - 4. an old man ...1877 colloq.
  - 5. an Irish Catholic ...1904 US sl.
  - 6. a person of little use or account ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 7. a person of Irish ancestry ...1914 Amer. dial.
  - 8. a wencher; a mutton-monger; a promiscuous man ...Bk1916 sl.
  - 9. a person of questionable morals; an immoral woman ...1930 Amer. dial.
  - 10. a woman, not necessarily uncomplimentary ...1968 Amer. dial.
  - 11. a man who is fond of being with women and tries to attract their attention, esp. when rude or not respectful ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TADGER - a violent, quarrelsome, domineering person, esp. a scolding woman - a shrew - a termagant ...1888 Sc.
• TADPOLE - 1. a child ...1588
  - 2. a native of Mississippi ...1845 US sl.
  - 3. a professional politician or hack of a political party ...1885
  - 4. a small French child...World War I US Army sl.
  - 5. an insignificant person ...1915 Amer. dial.
  - 6. a small French child ... World War I Amer. sl.
  - 7. a sailor who is engaged in basic underwater demolition or SEAL (Sea-Air-Land) training ...Bk1984 US Navy
  - 8. (derogatory) a Black person ...1986 Amer. dial.
  - 9. a young inexperienced boy ...1992 US Black sl.
• TADWHACKER - a person, usually a boy or child ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TAE - 1. a cantankerous person ...1921 Sc.
  - 2. a child's term for father; also, a paternal or maternal grandfather ...1972 Sc.
• TAE EE - a pet, a fondling ...Bk1818 Sc.
• TAFEE - a Welshman, or a nickname for a Welshman ...1615 sl.
• TAFF - (often derogatory) a Welsh person; often used as a nickname ...1929 sl.
• TAFFEE - a Black person ...1930s US Black sl.
• TAFFETA PUNK - a courtesan ...1598 sl.
• TAFFIE - a Welshman, or a nickname for a Welshman ...1615  sl.
• TAFFLE - in logging: a cook's helper ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAFFLER - in logging: a cook's helper ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAFFY - 1. (often derogatory) a Welshman; often used as a nickname ...a1700
  - 2. an old person ...1900s W. Indies sl.
  - 3. a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person; a simpleton ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
  - 4. a Black person ...1930s US Black sl.
• TAFFY GOAT - an old person ...1933 W. Indies sl.
• TAFFY-HEAD - a braggart, a boaster, a 'big-head' ...1975 sl.
• TAFFY-HORN - 1. a simpleton ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY-NODDLES - 1. a simpleton ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY-NOODLE - 1. a simpleton ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAFFY RAM an old person ...1933 W. Indies sl.
• TAFFY-TUGGER - a masturbator ...1999 sl.
• TAFFY-WATTY - 1. a simpleton ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAG - 1. in servants' usage: a lower servant ...1857
  - 2. an actor ...Bk1865 sl.
  - 3. a wild, romping girl ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
  - 4. an officer of the tactical department in the Army ...World War II Amer. sl.
  - 5. one who 'tags along' behind another person, esp. for detective or spying purposes; a person following someone ...1966 sl.
• TAG-ALONG also TAG-A-LONG - 1. a girlfriend or boyfriend ...1956 Aust. sl.
  - 2. someone who joins an activity without invitation ...1961 sl.
• TAGARENE-MAN the keeper of a marine store, esp. one who visits ships in dock or harbour with a boatful of wares for exchange ...Bk1894 Eng. dial.
• TAGAREEN-MAN the keeper of a marine store, esp. one who visits ships in dock or harbour with a boatful of wares for exchange ...Bk1894 Eng. dial.
• TAGEREG - a hardened criminal ...2016 W. Indies sl.
• TAGGELT - 1. a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a mischievous little child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAGGER - 1. one who fastens, stitches, or tacks together ...1648
  - 2. one who joins or strings together verses or rhymes ...1785
  - 3. the pursuer in the game of tag ...1894 US
  - 4. a graffiti artist who writes their 'tag' or personal label on walls and other visible sites ...1986 sl.
  - 5. in baseball: a player who makes a tag ...Bk1999 baseball usage
• TAGGY - an accuser; a hostile witness ...c1850 UK criminals' sl.
• TAG-HEELS - a tagalong; a sycophant; a parasite; a hanger-on; somebody who0 always follows along behind; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAGIT - a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAG-RAG - * a member of the rabble; a low or despicable person; a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
• TAGRHYME - a rhymester - Bk1903 sl.
• TAGSTER - 1. a scold; a virago ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a vagabond ..Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAG-TAIL - a tagalong; a servile flatterer; one who curries favour; a sycophant; a parasite; a hanger-on; somebody who always follows along behind; one who lags behind ...1834
• TAGUE - 1. an Irishman ...1623
  - 2. a Roman Catholic, esp. as used by Protestants in Northern Ireland ...1640 sl.
  - 3. a tease ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAGUE FOR THE TONGUE, A - an interminable talker; a gossip; a chatterbox ...c1850 Sc.
• TAGUE FOR TONGUEING, A - an interminable talker; a gossip; a chatterbox ...c1850 Sc.
• TAGUS - in Greek History, a commander, leader, ruler, chief; specifically, the title of the chief of the confederation of Thessaly ...1839
• TAHITIAN - a native of Tahiti ...1825
• TAHSILDAR - in the East Indies: the chief revenue-officer of a subdivision of a district under the Mogul rule; retained by the British; formerly sometimes applied to the cashier in a business house ...1799
• TAID - 1. a 'toad' a disgusting person; an objectionable, trouble-making person ...1793 Sc.
  - 2. a 'toad'; a term of endearment for a child or young woman ...Bk1825 Sc.
• TAIDIE - a 'toad'; a term of endearment for a child or young woman ...Bk1825 Sc.
• TAIDREL - a puny person ...Bk1825 Sc,
• TAIG - 1. an Irishman ...1623
  - 2. (offensive) in Northern Ireland, a Protestant name for a Catholic ...1971 colloq.
  - 3. anyone who tears into any activity like a tiger ...Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
• TAIGLE - an idle, lounging person - a dawdling slut ...1930 Sc.
• TAIKNE - an odd, ridiculous person ...Bk1825 Sc.
• TAIKONAUT - an astronaut from the People’s Republic of China ...Bk2009
• TAIL - 1. the inferior, least influential, or least skilful members of a body; e.g. of a profession, a political party, sports team, etc. ...1604
  - 2. a prostitute ...1796 sl.
  - 3. one who carries out a surveillance, esp. when following the target in the street ...1914 sl., orig. US
  - 4. young boys suitable for homosexual relationships ...1941 sl.
  - 5. a woman ...1950s sl.
  - 6. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
  - 7. a woman, regarded as a sexual object; women, collectively, categorized with the same regard ...1967 sl.
  - 8. an informer ...a1972 US prison sl.
  - 9. a sexually attractive person ...Bk1980 Amer. sl. Jonathan
• TAILARD - a term of contempt, 'one with a tail', a man;  an epithet founded on a legend told first of St. Augustine at Dorchester (or Rochester), and later of Thomas a Beck in Kent, in which the people of these places were said to be cursed with tails for indignities done by attaching a tail to these holy men; on the continent, tails used to be ascribed to Englishmen generally ...a1400
• TAILBACK • in American football: the offensive back stationed furthest from the line of scrimmage ...1930
• TAIL-BEARER - † a train-bearer; a person whose job is to hold up the train of a robe or dress ...1598
• TAIL-BEHIND - a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-BUZZER - a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets ...1851 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-CHASER - a womanizer ...1952 US sl.
• TAIL-DIP - a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets ...1851 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-DIVER - a pickpocket specializing in removing snuff-boxes, purses, pocketbooks, etc. from gentlemen's coat pockets ...1859 UK criminals' sl.
• TAILDRAFT - an idler, one who holds back ...1997 Ulster sl.
• TAIL-DRAWER - a thief who steals gentlemen's swords from their sides ...1698 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL END - a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-END CHARLIE - 1. a crew member who mans the gun at the rear of a bomber aircraft; a rear-gunner ...1941 Royal Air Force sl.
  - 2. one who comes last or behind ...1962 sl.
• TAIL-ENDER - 1. one who is at the tail-end; one who comes last; a term of contempt for one who is habitually late in everything he undertakes ...1885
  - 2. in cricket: one lacking skill as a batsman who comes in at the bottom of the order ...Bk2005
• TAILER - 1. the member of a criminal gang who remains on guard at a railway station, impersonating a policeman, for the purpose of bullying any victim who discovers he has been swindled, and returns to try to recover his money ...1898 US criminals' sl.
  - 2. a stool pigeon in a jail ...1930 US prison sl.
  - 3. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind; a follower ...1942 Amer. dial.
• TAILER IN - in logging: a cant hook man who rolls logs to the base of logs already in a deck ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAIL-FRUIT - children ...a1904 sl.
• TAIL-GATE - a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAILGATER - 1. one who closely follows a moving vehicle ...1968 colloq.
  - 2. a hijacker ...1970 US sl.
• TAILGATOR - a homosexual who sets up a cruisy camp on the beach-heads during the balmy summer months ...1950s homosexual sl.
• TAIL GUNNER - 1. a guard over prisoners on work details; his normal position was behind his charges ...1940s US military
  - 2. a male homosexual ...1974 US sl.
• TAILHOOK - an aircraft carrier-based pilot ...Bk2006 Amer. nautical sl.
• TAILIE - in two-up: a gambler who habitually backs tails ...1919 Aust. sl.
• TAILIST - a prostitute ...19C sl.
• TAILLAGER - † a collector of taxes ...Bk1855
• TAILLIOR - a tailor ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• TAIL-MAKER - † ? one who fashioned the tallies used in the Exchequer ...a1577
• TAILMAN - a womanizer; a sexual athlete ...a1968 US college sl.
• TAILOR - 1. one whose business is to make clothes; a maker of the outer garments of men, also, sometimes those of women, esp. riding-habits, walking costumes, etc. ...1297
  - 2. a person held in contempt; an inferior person ...1605
  - 3. the best man at a wedding ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 4. a townsman, especially one not used to horses ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 5. a circumciser ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
  - 6. in basketball: someone deft not only at blocking shots but at altering them too ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• TAILOR-BODY - a tailor: contemptuous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAILORESS - woman who works as a tailor; a woman tailor ...1654
• TAILOR-MADE - a plainclothes policeman or detective ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• TAILOR-MAN - a tailor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIL PEDDLER - a prostitute ...1942 US sl.
• TAIL-PIECE - a prostitute ...1846 sl.
• TAIL RIDER - one of the men at the rear of a herd of cattle on a drive ...Bk1945 US Western sl.
• TAIL RIGGER - in logging: one who handled the carriage at a sawmill ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAIL SAWYER - in logging: one who pulled slabs, boards, and cants from the head saw in a mill; he also cut unsalable parts out of lumber ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAILSMAN - * a ploughman ...1867
• TAIL STINGER - the rear gunner in a bomber ...World War II Amer. sl.
• TAIL-TAGGER - a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-TRADER - a prostitute ...a1904 sl.
• TAIL-TWISTER - 1. one who provokes someone (esp. a country) who could prove to be a powerful enemy ...1896 political sl.
  - 2. a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1965 Amer. dial.
  - 3. the person who keeps things moving; one who gets things done ...Bk1992 Amer. South
• TAIL-WAGGER - a general insult for a person ...1958 sl.
• TAIL-WORKER - a prostitute ...a1904 sl.
• TAILYER - a tailor ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• TAINT - a very dirty slattern ...Bk1830 Eng. dial.
• TAINTO(U)R - 1. † one who brings legal evidence against another for conviction of some crime; an accuser, an informer ...1451
  - 2. * a dyer ...1889
• TAIRD - a term of great contempt applied to a man; a nasty, objectionable, dirty person ...Bk1825 Sc.
• TAIRGER - a termagant; a scold; a shrew ...1822 Sc.
• TAISTREL - 1. a gawky, slovenly, or unmethodical person; often applied to a girl who tears her clothes from carelessness; a light, wanton, dirty, or careless woman; an idle slattern ...Bk1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 2. a rascal; a scoundrel; a good-for-nothing; a worthless or disorderly person; a peevish character; a contemptible person; a term of great contempt ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
  - 3. a person of vagabond life ...Bk1878 Eng. & Amer. dial.
  - 4. a passionate, violent, or sour-tempered person; a churl ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
  - 5. an ill-mannered, ill-behaved, or mischievous boy; one given to playing pranks ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
• TAISTRIL(L) - 1. a gawky, slovenly, or unmethodical person - often applied to a girl who tears her clothes from carelessness; a light, wanton, dirty, or careless woman; an idle slattern ...Bk1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 2. a vagabond ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
  - 3. a vicious, ill-conditioned person; a passionate, violent, or sour-tempered person; a churl ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
• TAISTRILRIG - a mischievous, wicked person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIT - a modern clergyman, a follower of Archbishop Tait (1811-82), who wished (vainly) to bring the high and low branches of the Anglican community together ...L19 church usage
• TAIVERTY - a stupid person ...1833 Sc.
• TAKE - 1. a swindler or confidence trickster ...1945 Aust. & NZ sl.
  - 2. a thief; a villain, esp. a cheat at cards ...1968 Aust. sl.
• TAKE-ARTIST - one who regularly gains income from the taking of bribes, illicit commissions, etc. ...1955 US sl.
• TAKE-CHARGE GUY - in baseball: a player who assumes the leadership of a team, particularly during a situation of stress ...Bk1966 Amer. baseball usage
• TAKE-DOWN - a deceiver or cheat; a thief; a swindler; a confidence man ...1905 Aust. sl.  
• TAKE-IN - 1. a cheat; a deceiver; a swindler ...1779 sl.
  - 2. a man who takes a woman in to dinner ...1898
• TAKE MAN - in a shoplifting team, the member who actually steals the targeted object ...1975 Aust. criminals' sl.
• TAKEN-AWAY - an unhealthy, puny child; a changeling ...1823 Scot.
• TAKENER - a person take to learn a trade; a young man employed in a fishing boat ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• TAKE OFF - a mimic, one apt at hitting off personal peculiarities or laughable incidents, practical ‘quiz’; a satirist; a punster ...Bk1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TAKE-OFF ARTIST - 1. one who does the job then 'takes off' ...1940s US criminals' sl.
  - 2. a successful robber, rapist, or killer ...1966 US criminals' sl.
  - 3. a rip-off artist ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
  - 4. a drug addict who steals from other addicts ...Bk1992 drug addicts' sl
  - 5. a thief ...Bk1995 Amer. criminals' sl.
  - 6. an escaped prisoner ...1996 UK sl.
• TAKEOFF MAN - the confidence man who enters in the final act and takes the money off the victim ...Bk1992 con artists' sl.
• TAKE-ON - a woman living with a man who is not her husband ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKER - 1. one who takes another into his protection etc. ...a1325
  - 2. one who captures or seizes; a captor, a seizer, a catcher, an apprehender ...c1375
  - 3. † an officer who took or exacted supplied of necessaries for the sovereign ...1444
  - 4. one who takes ...1486
  - 5. one who takes something from another by force or wrongfully; a robber, a thief, a plunderer, a pilferer ...1500-20
  - 6. the member of a criminal gang who keeps watch or entices a victim into a crooked gambling game ...1552 sl.
  - 7. the member of a confidence trick gang who gets hold of the prospective victim and brings him to the gang ...1591 UK criminals' sl.
  - 8. in Derbyshire lead mines: a miner who takes possession of a mere (portion of ground), after the 'founder' has taken his mere; one who takes up a claim ...1601
  - 9. a literary plunderer, a plagiarist ...1687
  - 10. one who takes possession, esp. of land ...1766
  - 11. one who takes a lease of a farm, a mine, etc.; a lessee or tenant ...1778
  - 12. one who accepts a bet; a bookmaker ...1810
  - 13. a person who accepts an offer or challenge ...1856 US
  - 14. one who accepts ...1897
  - 15. a receiver of stolen property ...1941 UK criminals' sl.
  - 16. a passive prison homosexual .....1950 US prison & homosexual sl.
  - 17. a sexually oppressed, constantly raped victim ...Bk1972 prison sl.
  - 18. a potential buyer for something; one who accepts an offer ...Bk1988 sl.
  - 19. a person who selfishly takes but never gives friendship, gifts, hospitality, etc. ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
  - 20. a thief who snatches a chain from the wearer's neck ...2002 UK sl.
• TAKER-IN - 1. one who takes in; one who deceives ...1836
  - 2. the person who inspects the woven goods as he receives them from the weavers ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 3. a person who is willing to take up a commitment made by a 'bull' dealer, in the event of the dealer being unable or unwilling to pay for it at that time ...1911
• TAKER-OFF - 1. a boy employed to take off and examine bobbins of yarn after spinning and dipping ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a worker who takes off bricks from pressing machine or from brick wire-cutting machine and places on trolley for removal to drying chamber or kiln ...1921
• TAKER-UP - 1. † one who takes another under his charge or protection; a patron, a guardian, a protector ...1388
  - 2. † the member of a confidence trick gang who gets hold of the prospective victim and brings him to the gang ...1552 UK criminals' sl.
  - 3. † one who 'raises' the psalm in church; a precentor ...1578 Sc.
  - 4. a receiver of money paid, as rent, etc.; a rent-collector ...1591
  - 5. † a member of a gang of swindlers; a defrauder, a swindler ...1591
  - 6. a purchaser or purveyor of commodities ...1603
  - 7. one who takes possession of an estate ...1715
  - 8. a labourer who gathers up the grass just mown ...1848
  - 9. the man who binds sheaves in the harvest-field ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKES - criminals in general ...1945 Aust. criminals' sl.
• TAKSMAN - one who holds land held in ‘tak’ (a croft held in tenancy), and sublets it; a middleman between a laird and his tenants ...1914 Sc.
• TALAPOIN - a Buddhist monk or priest ...1586
• TALCUM QUEEN - a Black homosexual who prefers White partners ...1988 US Black sl.
• TALEB - in Afghanistan, a member of the Taliban ...20C
• TALEBEARER - 1. one who officiously carries reports of private matters to gratify malice or idle curiosity ...1478
  - 2. a prostitute ...M15 sl.
• TALE-CARRIER - a talebearer ...1552
• TALE-HEARER - a willing listener to scandal or gossip ...1647
• TALE-MASTER - the authority for a report, a reporter; one who brings news or originates a statement ...a1661
• TALENT - 1. a person having talent ...1856
  - 2. attractive young women, esp. those standing around at a party, in a club or dancehall, etc....1857 sl.
  - 3. members of the criminal underworld ..1879 Aust. sl.
  - 4. a rascal, a villain, a Bohemian, one who acts without regard for conventions ...1880 Aust. sl.
  - 5. persons of the lowest class ...1882 Aust. sl.
  - 6. a person with an overweening opinion of himself ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 7. members of the opposite sex judged in terms of potential sexual availability ...1947 sl.
  - 8. attractive young men ...1951 sl.
  - 9. in police terms: a suspect ...1960s sl.
  - 10. an intelligent, resourceful criminal ...1962 US sl.
• TALENT, THE - 1. a backer: as opposed to layer or bookmaker ...Bk1903 racing sl.
  - 2. in the entertainment industry: the actors, the performers ...1991 US sl.
• TALENT SCOUT - 1. a person whose occupation is the search for talented artists, sportsmen, performers, etc., for engagements as professionals ...1936
  - 2. a person engaged in recruiting what he considers promising young boys ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TALE PACKER - a tattletale; a gossip ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TALE-PAT - a telltale; a talebearer; one who divulges secrets ...1808 Sc.
• TALE-PIE - a telltale; an informer; a tattler ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• TALE-PIET - a telltale ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TALE-PITCHER - 1. one who tells a good story; a romancing talker or chattering malcontent...1898 sl.
  - 2. a confidence trickster who 'tells the tale' ...1906 UK sl.
• TALE-PYET - a telltale, a talebearer, an informer; one who divulges secrets; a tattler ...1808 Sc.
• TALER - 1. a talebearer ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a man who keeps count of wedding presents ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALESMAN also TALE'S-MAN - 1. † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater; a narrator ...a1568 obs. exc. Sc.
  - 2. in law: a member of the tales impanelled to complete a jury (tales - orig., in plural, persons taken from among those present in court or standing by, to serve on a jury in a case where the original panel has become deficient in number by challenge or other cause, these being persons such as those originally summoned) ...1679
  - 3. † in baseball: the official scorer in some circles in the very early days of baseball ...Bk1999 baseball usage
• TALES-MASTER - † the teller of a tale; the author of a story; the authority for a statement; one who brings news or originates a statement; a relater; a narrator ...1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TALE-TELLER - 1. a talebearer - a telltale ...1377
  - 2. a teller of tales or stories; a narrator ...1387
  - 3. one said to have been hired to tell wonderful stories of giants and fairies, to lull hearers to sleep ...Bk1737 sl.
  - 4. one who tells a 'tale' or made-up story with the object of deceiving ...1894
  - 5. a confidence trickster; a fraudulent racecourse tipster ...1900 sl., orig. Aust.
• TALE-TELLING-TIT - a telltale - a talebearer ...1895 Eng. dial.
• TALE-WRIGHT - a constructor or maker of tales ...1570-76
• TALISMAN - 1. † a name formerly applied to a Turk learned divinity and law, a Mullah; sometimes to a lower priest of Islam, a religious minister, a muezzin ...1599
  - 2. † a sorcerer, a magician ...1646
• TALISMANIST - * one who uses or believes in talismans, amulets, or charms ...1706
• TALK DOCTOR - a psychoanalyst, a psychotherapist ...1990s US sl.
• TALKEE-TALKEE - a talkative person ...1877 US
• TALKER - 1. one who talks or is given to talking; a speaker, a conversationalist; a talkative person ...c1386
  - 2. in the circus or carnival: a person who entices customers into the side show ...1960 US sl.
• TALKER-DOWN - one who talks down; one who influences something by talking ...1833
• TALKER-OUT - one who talks out ...1901
• TALKER-SEER - a seer who is also a talker ...1884
• TALKIE FROM MILWAUKEE - a talkative person ...Bk1945 jive usage
• TALKING HAIRDO - a television presenter or interviewee (usually in the role of 'expert') who is shot in head-and-shoulders close-up, the director eschewing any background or other movement ...1960s sl.
• TALKING HEAD - 1. one who is in a bad temper and on the verge of fighting ...1960s US Black sl.
  - 2. a television news reader or announcer whose head and neck appear on the screen ...1968 Amer. sl.
  - 3. an expert guest on a television or radio news show ...1977 US sl.
• TALKING HEADS - politicians or analysts talking on television ...Bk2006 Amer. journalists' sl.
• TALKINGSTOCK - one who is an object of notice or conversation ...Bk1881
• TALKING WOMAN - a female performer who banters with the audience as she strips off her clothes ...1950 US sl.
• TALK JOCKEY - the host of a radio program which solicits telephone calls as part of the broadcast ...1973 US
• TALK OF THE TOWN - one who is the subject of gossip or rumour ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• TALLACK - a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TALLAGER - †* one who assessed or collected tallage (orig., in English history, an arbitrary tax levied by Norman and early Angevin kings upon the towns and the demesne lands of the Crown; hence, a tax levied upon feudal dependants by their superiors; also, a municipal rate; a toll or customs duty); a tax gatherer ...c1400
• TALLBOY - a great man; an important person ...1820
• TALL, DARK, AND HANDSOME - a nickname for a handsome man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TALL DRINK OF WATER - a tall, thin person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• TALLEST TOAD IN THE PUDDLE - an important or self-important person ...1855 Amer. dial.
• TALL HOG AT THE TROUGH - one who is in a dominant position - one who has all the advantages - the number one guy  ...1958 Amer. dial.
• TALLIAR - a village watchman in Southern India ...1680
• TALLIE - 1. an Italian ...c1847 Sc.
  - 2. an Italian vendor of ice-cream, fish and chips etc. ...1928 Sc. jocular or disparaging
• TALLIER - † in rouge-et-noir and similar card-games, the name of the dealer of banker ...1709
• TALL MAN - a brave or valiant man; a champion ...Bk1894 Welsh
• TALLOCK - a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TALLOCKER - a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TALLOW - 1. a term of contempt ...Bk1903 sl.
  - 2. in the railroad: a locomotive fireman ...1953 Amer. dial.
• TALLOW-BREECH - a very fat person ...Bk1903 sl.
• TALLOW CATCH - † a person having a plump physique; a very fat man ...1596
• TALLOW-CHANDLER - one whose trade is to make or sell tallow candles ...1406
• TALLOWER - * a tallow-chandler ...1828
• TALLOW-FACE - 1. † a person having a yellowish-white face; a term of contempt ...1592 now rare or obs.
  - 2. a very fat person ...Bk1903 sl.
• TALLOW-KEECH - a very fat person ...Bk1903 sl.
• TALLOW POT - in the railroad: a locomotive fireman ...1888 Amer. dial.
• TALL POPPY - a person who has a high salary or is otherwise prominent; one who is distinguished or notable; a very important person; an influential person; a person with status; often held in contempt by others, who try to bring about this person's downfall or ruin ...1931 Aust. colloq.
• TALL STREAK OF MISERY - a person who is always morose or miserable ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• TALL-TALKER - a braggart; a boaster ...1867 sl.
• TALL TIMBER - in rugby union: lofty line-out forwards ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
• TALL WATER SAILOR - one who has often crossed the ocean ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• TALLY - 1. an Italian ...c1847 Sc.
  - 2. an Italian vendor of ice-cream, fish and chips etc. ...1928 Sc. jocular or disparaging
• TALLY-BOY - 1. a dishonest, dubious person ...1978 Irish sl.
  - 2. in logging: one who recorded or tallied the measurements of logs as they were called by the scaler ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TALLY CLERK - 1. a person, especially on a wharf or in an airport, who checks merchandise with a list in loading or unloading cargo ...1890
  - 2. one who assists in counting and recording votes ...1902 US
• TALLY-FELLOW - a travelling draper, esp. one who gives secret credit and takes payment in small installments  ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALLY HAND - a man selected to keep a record of the calves branded at the spring roundup ...Bk1945 US Western sl.
• TALLY-HUSBAND - a man who cohabits with a woman without marriage ...1837
• TALLY-LAGGER - one who is used by another to their advantage ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TALLYKEEPER - in baseball: the scorekeeper ...1845 baseball usage
• TALLYMAN - 1. one who supplies goods on credit, to be paid for by instalments ...1654
  - 2. a man who cohabits with a man without marriage ...1698 sl.
  - 3. in baseball: the scorekeeper ...1858 baseball usage
  - 4. in hop-picking: the man who marks the tallies used to record the hops picked, and who measures the hops in a bushel basket ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
  - 5. one who tallies, or keeps account of anything; a clerk who tallies or checks a cargo in loading or unloading ...1888
  - 6. in tailoring: one who takes orders direct from the actual wearer without the intervention of any contractor ...1889
  - 7. a travelling draper who calls at private houses to sell wares on the tally system – that is, part payment on account, and other parts when the man calls again ...Bk1894
  - 8. a man selected to keep a record of the calves branded at the spring roundup ...Bk1945 US Western sl.
  - 9. a travelling salesman who is paid by weekly installments ...Bk1958 Eng. sl.
  - 10. in logging: one who recorded or tallied the measurements of logs as they were called by the scaler ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TALLY-MEN - brokers that let out clothes to wear per week, month, or year ...Bk1737 cant
• TALLY-SHOUTER in mining: one who shouts out the numbers on the tallies to the weigher ...1883
• TALLY-WIFE - 1. a woman living with a man to whom she is not married ...1860 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a married man's mistress or concubine ...Bk1887 Eng. dial.
• TALLYWOMAN - 1. a woman who sells goods on credit ...1727
  - 2. a woman who cohabits with a man without marriage ...1890
  - 3. a travelling saleswoman for a firm specializing in hire-purchase ...Bk1894 Eng. dial.
  - 4. a married man's mistress; a concubine ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALLY-WRITER - formerly, the clerk who wrote the description and the amount on two opposite sides of the exchequer tallies ...1786
• TALMUDIC - †* a Talmudist ...1624
• TALMUDICIAN - † one learned in the Talmud ...1575
• TALMUDIGE - a Talmudist ...Bk1881
• TALMUDIST - one of the authors of the Talmud; one who accepts or believes in the authority of the Talmud; one learned in the Talmud; a Talmudic scholar ...1569
• TALONA - a prostitute ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TALUKDĀR - in the East Indies: the holder of a taluk or hereditary estate, or the officer who has charge of the district so called ...1798
• TALUQDĀR - in the East Indies: the holder of a taluk or hereditary estate, or the officer who has charge of the district so called ...1798
• TAMALE - 1. (derogatory) a Puerto Rican ...1956 US sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) a Mexican girl or woman, esp. if attractive or desirable ...1982 US sl.
• TAMALE-EATER - a Mexican ...1909 US sl.
• TAMALE-PIE EATER - a homosexual who sticks to Mexican boys ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TAMBO - the tambourine-player in a Black minstrel troupe ...1884
• TAMBOURER - one who does tambour-work, an embroiderer ...1833
• TAMBOURINE MAN - a drug dealer ...1971 US drugs sl.
• TAMBOUR-STITCHER - one who embroiders in a tambour-frame ...1883
• TAMBURLAINE - 1. a conqueror; a victor ...a1579
  - 2. an oppressor; a despot ...a1579
• TAME APE - among loggers: a wage-earner who likes wage-earning ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TAME CAT - 1. a person who is made a convenience by his friends; a foolish fellow; a simpleton ...1885
  - 2. a harmless dangler after a married woman; a cavalier servant ...Bk1892
  - 3. a too domesticated man ...Bk1933 sl.
• TAME-CHEATER - † a card cheat; a professional card-sharper or false-dicer...1890 criminals' sl.
• TAME-FELLOW - † a person who is made a convenience by his friends; a foolish fellow; a simpleton ...a1700
• TAME-GOOSE - † a person who is made a convenience by his friends; a foolish fellow, a simpleton ...1605
• TAME-HORSE - a tamer of horses ...c1611
• TAME JOLLY - a militiaman ...1867 sl.
• TAMER - 1. one who tames or trains ...1530
  - 2. a conqueror; a subduer ...Bk1848
• TAMERLANE - 1. a conqueror; a victor ...a1579
  - 2. an oppressor; a despot ...a1579
• TAMEVATE - 1. a naive person ...Bk1982 Jewish
  - 2. a dope; an idiot ...Bk1982 Jewish
• TAMIL - one of a non-Aryan race of people belonging to the Dravidian stock, inhabiting the south-east of Indian and part of Ceylon ...1811
• TAMILIAN - a member of the Tamil people ...1863
• TAMMANYITE - one who adopts the methods and principles of Tammany (the central organization of the Democratic party in t he City (formerly also in the State) of New York, located in 'Tammany Hall' in 14th Street, New York) ...1882
• TAMMIE-FUD - a nickname for a native of Freswick ...1972 Sc.
• TAMMIE LAMMAS - a stupid person ...1921 Sc.
• TAMMIE NODDLE - a sleepy-headed person ...1972 Sc.
• TAMMIE NORRIE - a stupid, slow-witted, doltish person ...1701 Sc.
• TAMMIE-TIT - a prim, affected sort of person ...1924 Sc.
• TAMMY - a simpleton, a fool ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAMMY-NORRY - a simpleton, a foolish person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAMMY-WEAVER - a weaver of 'tammy' cloth (a sort of woollen cloth) ...Bk1849 Eng. dial.
• TAM-O'-NORRIE - a stupid, slow-witted, doltish person ...1701 Sc.
• TAMPATHERLOCK anyone you like ...1921 Sc.
• TAMPAX - a term of abuse; an excessively stupid or unpleasant person ...2001 UK juvenile sl.
• TAMPER - in mining: one who tamps or prepares for blasting ...1864
• TAMPERER - one who tampers or interferes; a meddler; a schemer ...1599
• TAMPON - 1. a snobbish, stuck-up, or unpleasant person ...2001 UK sl.
  - 2. a doctor ...2005 S. Afr.
• TAMPON BRACES - (derogatory) unattractive legs on a woman ...1930s US Black sl.
• TAMPON DICK - a contemptible man ...1997 UK sl.
• TAMPON TIFFIE - a doctor ...2005 S. Afr.
• TAMUL - one of a non-Aryan race of people belonging to the Dravidian stock, inhabiting the south-east of Indian and part of Ceylon ...1811
• TAMULIAN - a member of the Tamil people ...1863
• TAN - 1. a mulatto ...20C US sl.
  - 2. an English person ...2001 Irish sl.
• TANADAR - the head officer of a police station in India; formerly the commander of a military post ...1802
• TANDEMER - one who rides a tandem bicycle or tricycle ...1894
• TANDEMIST - one who rides a tandem bicycle or tricycle ...1885
• TANE-AWA - a child that exhibits such unnatural symptoms, as to suggest the idea that it has been substituted by the fairies, in the room of the mother’s birth ...Bk1818 Sc.
• TANG - someone who puts a damper on things; one who discourages or disheartens ...1970s US college sl.
• TANGATA MAORI - someone of Maori origin ...20C NZ
• TANGATA TIRITI - a Maori term for non-Maori people ...20C NZ
• TANGER - a deceitful person ...1886 Eng. dial.
• TANGERINE - a native of Tangier, a seaport in Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar ...1860
• TANGLE - 1. † a tall, lank person ...1768 Sc.
  - 2. a thriftless, slatternly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANGLE-EYE - a person with squint eyes; a cross-eyed person ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TANGLE-FOOT - one who is clumsy on his feet ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• TANGLE JAW - a lawyer ...Bk1992 US criminals' sl.
• TANGLE-MONGER - a woman scandal-monger; one who fogs and implies everything ...1909 UK society sl.
• TANGLER - 1. one who tangles ...c1520
  - 2. a small-time crook who deals in smuggled or stolen property ...1946 sl.
• TANGLES - a thriftless, slatternly person ...Bk1883 Eng. dial.
• TANGOIST - an exponent of the tango ...1913
• TANGO PIRATE - a gigolo ...20C US sl.
• TANG O' THE TRUMP, THE - the most important person in any company, enterprise, or organization; the life and soul of a party, a movement, etc; the active partner in a firm; the principal person in any popular outburst. ...1887 Sc.
• TANGS-LEGS - a person with long thin legs ...1905 Sc.
• TANIST - in Ancient Irish and Gaelic Law: the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the most vigorous adult of his kind, elected during the lifetime of the chief ...1538
• TANISTER - †* a Tanist ...1611
• TANK - 1. one who has a great capacity for beer or other drink; one who can drink a great deal of beer before becoming intoxicated; a drinker, a drunkard ...1896 sl.
  - 2. a worn-out old prostitute ...1972 sl.
  - 3. an eater ...1930 US sl.
  - 4. an unattractive woman ...1966 US college sl.
• TANKARD-BEARER - 1. one who bears a tankard; a cup-bearer ...c1500
  - 2. † one employed in drawing and carrying water from the public pumps and conduits ...c1515
• TANKARD-WOMAN - † a female tankard-bearer ...a1667
• TANKARD-YEOMAN - † a tankard-bearer ...1553
• TANK ARTIST a safe-cracker ...1967 NZ criminals' sl.
• TANK BLOKE - a safe-cracker ...1968 Aust. sl.
• TANKBLOWER - a safe-cracker ...1967 NZ criminals' sl.
• TANK CONDUCTOR - in logging: one who had charge of the crew which operated the water tank or sprinkler, and who regulated the flow of water in icing logging roads ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TANKER - 1. a big, lean, ugly person ...Bk1866 Sc.
  - 2. a drinker of alcohol; a drunkard ...1912 sl.
  - 3. a second-rate person ...1929 sl.
  - 4. a soldier in a tank unit; also, any soldier assigned to Armour ...World War II US military
  - 5. a boxer who intentionally loses fights, usually after accepting money from crooked gamblers ...1947 criminals' sl.
  - 6. a criminal who informs on his accomplices ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
• TANKERMAN - a soldier in a tank unit ...Vietnam war usage
• TANKER-WOMAN - † a female tankard-bearer ...a1667
• TANKIE - 1. the officer or sailor in charge of  the freshwater tanks; the navigator's assistant, or the captain of the hold ...1909 Brit. naval sl.
  - 2. a member of the former British Community Party who supported hardline (esp. interventionist) Soviet politics ...1985 sl.
  - 3. a very fat person ...2001 UK juvenile sl.
• TANK MAKER - a manufacturer of iron cisterns for ships, or of slates, or well-secured plank cisterns on shore ...1858
• TANKMAN - 1. a man employed on a large steamer to look after the water tanks ...1891
  - 2. a soldier in a tank unit ...Vietnam war usage
  - 3. a safe-cracker ...1967 Aust. & NZ criminals' sl.
• TANK-OPENER - a safe-blower ...1928 Aust. criminals' sl.
• TANK TEAMSTER - in logging: a teamster who drove the teams on a water sprinkler ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TANKY - 1. the navigator's assistant, or the captain of the hold ...1909 Brit. naval sl.
  - 2. a butcher ...World War II US Navy sl.
  - 3. a member of the former British Community Party who supported hardline (esp. interventionist)  Soviet politics ...1985 sl.
• TANLING - * one tanned by the sun's rays; a dark-skinned person ...1611
• TANNAKIN - † a diminutive pet-form of the name Ann or Anna - specifically used for a German or Dutch girl ...1557
• TANNER - one whose occupation is to tan hides or to convert them into leather by tanning ...a975
• TANNIE  - 1. a title of respect used to refer to an old woman; also used as a term of address ...1958 S. Afr. colloq.
  - 2. an aunt ...1958 S. Afr. colloq.
  - 3. (derogatory) a narrow-minded, puritan, small-town woman ...1958 S. Afr. colloq.
• TANNIKIN - 1. a maid, wife, whore, or widow ...1605 sl.
  - 2. a Dutch woman ...Bk1855
  - 3. a girl or woman ...Bk1903
• TANNY - a dark-complexioned (tawny) person ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• TANQUAM - in the University of Cambridge: a person of worth and learning, that is fit company for the Fellows of Colleges, etc. ...a1661
• TANSIE - a homosexual who sets up a cruisy camp on the beach-heads during the balmy summer months ...1940s homosexual sl.
• TANTALIZER - one who tantalizes ...1792
• TANTARABOBUS - 1. a playful nickname for a boy or man ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a noisy, playful child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTARIA - an abusive, loud, shrewish woman ...1996 W. Indies sl.
• TANTE - 1. an ageing male homosexual ...1910 US homosexual sl.
  - 2. an aunt ...Bk1982 Jewish
• TANTERWALLOPS - a tall, thin man ...1972 Sc.
• TANTLING - a child learning to walk ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• TANTON MAN - † a patient of a hospital or the like, dedicated to Saint Anthony ...1515
• TANTONY - a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another ...1659
• TANTONY PIG - a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another ...1738
• TANTRABOBUS - a noisy, playful child ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
• TAN-TRACKER - an aggressive homosexual ...1986 sl., orig. Aust.
• TAN-TRACK RIDER - a homosexual man ...1992 sl., orig. Aust.
• TAN-TRACK SPECIALIST - a male homosexual ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• TANTREL - 1. an idle, unsettled person, who will not fix to any employment; a desultory wanderer or vagabond; hence, a gypsy ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
  - 2. an idle, spoilt girl ...Bk1869 Eng. dial.
• TANTRIL - an idle person, esp. a girl; a wanderer; a vagrant, a person of vagabond habits; a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TANTRIST - an adherent of tantrism (the doctrine or principles of the Tantras - a class of Hindu religious works in Sanskrit, chiefly of magical and mystical nature) ...1891
• TANTRUM-BOBUS - a noisily playful child ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
• TANYEL - a tramp ...1930 Sc.
• TAOIST - an adherent of Taoism (a system of religion, founded upon the doctrine of the ancient Chinese philosopher Laotsze (or Lao-tzu), born 604 B.C., set forth in the work Tao te king, 'Book of reason and virtue', attributed to him; it ranks with Confucianism and Buddism as one of the three religions of China) ...1839
• TAP - 1. a victim or prospective victim, esp. one for blackmailers and confidence men ...1927 US criminals' sl.
  - 2. a person likely to give a donation to a charitable cause ...1928 US criminals' sl.
• TAP-DANCER and TAPDANCER - 1. an exponent of a form of exhibition dancing characterized by rhythmical tapping of the toes and heels, which became popular in the 1920s ...1927
  - 2. a masturbator ...1940s US homosexual sl.
• TAPECER - † a maker of tapestry ...1472
• TAPE-MAN - in surveying, each of the two men who measure with the tape-line ...1900
• TAPENER - †* a kind of cloth-worker; ? a weaver of burel ...a1400
• TAPER - 1. in cotton-weaving: one who takes a number of 'beams' or bobbins as they from the warper, and run them through the 'size' upon another beam (called the weaver's beam); when this process is complete the produce is called a 'warp') ...1891
  - 2. one who tapes or deals with tape ...1921
• TAPERER - the bearer of a taper in a religious ceremony ...c1450
• TAPE-SIZER - in cotton-weaving: one who takes a number of 'beams' or bobbins as they from the warper, and run them through the 'size' upon another beam (called the weaver's beam); when this process is complete the produce is called a 'warp') ...1897
• TAPESTER - †* a tapisser, one who weaves tapestry ...1472-3
• TAPESTRY-WEAVER - one who weaves tapestry (the method of wearing by bobbin and comb, as distinct from weaving in a loom with a shuttle) ...1889
• TAPESTRY-WORKER - one who works or makes tapestry ...1727
• TAPE-TAKER - a mole-catcher ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TAPETTE - an effeminate homosexual ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TAPE WATCHER - a small investor who monitors his or her investments by watching the transaction tape, in a brokerage officer or on cable TV ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• TAPEWORM - 1. a parasite; a slow or stealthy person ...1824
  - 2. on the Stock Exchange: an official who collects the prices of stock for transmission on the tape ...Bk1903
  - 3. in volleyball: a player who regularly hits the tape that runs across the top of the net ...Bk1997
• TAPIE - a giddy, scatterbrained, untidy, awkward, or careless person; generally applied to young women, occasionally to men ...1728 Sc.
• TAPIN - a prostitute ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TAPISSER - † a maker or weaver of figured cloth or tapestry ...c1386 obs. exc. Hist.
• TAPIST - a red-tapist; an officious or petty holder of office ...1852
• TAPISTER - †* a tapisser, one who weaves tapestry ...1472-3
• TAPITER - †* a maker or weaver of figured cloth or tapestry ...c1440
• TAP-LASH - † a term of a contempt for a publican ...c1648
• TAPLOCH - † a giddy-brained, foolish girl ...1824 Sc.
• TAP-MAN - a cheat, a swindler ...1933 US criminals' sl.
• TAP O’ KIN - the head of the family ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• TAPOLOGIST - a sound-recording expert ...1954
• TAPPAL-WALLAH - a runner who carries the post in S. India ...1865 Anglo-Indian
• TAPPER - 1. † one who taps casks or draws liquor; a tavern-keeper or innkeeper ...a1000
  - 2. † a retailer; a huckster ...1478-9 Sc.
  - 3. a court bailiff ...1796 UK sl.
  - 4. one who taps or lightly strikes; e.g. one who taps at a door, etc.; one who taps the wheels of railway carriages, to test their soundness; a shoemaker who rivets on soles and heels ...1810
  - 5. a policeman ...1859 US criminals' sl.
  - 6. one who taps trees for the sap or juice ...1884
  - 7. a beggar; a borrower or cadger ...1908 UK sl.
  - 8. one who works a screw-cutting tap for threading holes or orifices ...1909
  - 9. one who cuts into casks of wine or spirits and uses a straw to drink the contents ...1935 sl.
  - 10. one who diverts or intercepts telephone calls ...1973
• TAPPERITIS HITTER - in baseball: a hitter who hits tappers (a lightly hit ball without power, but perhaps well placed) ...Bk1999 baseball usage
• TAPPIE - a giddy, scatterbrained, untidy, awkward, or careless person; generally applied to young women, occasionally to men ...1728 Sc.
• TAPPIN - a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAPPY - a foolish, giddy, awkward, idle, or slovenly girl; a headstrong, untidy girl ...1824 Sc.& Eng. dial.
• TAPSALTEERIE - † a wild romping or untidy child ...1865 Sc.
• TAPSILEERIE - † a wild romping or untidy child ...1865 Sc.
• TAPSMAN - 1. a servant who has the principal charge, other servants being subject to his orders ...Bk1825 Sc.
  - 2. the chief man in charge of a drove of cattle; the head-drover ...Bk1825 Sc.
• TAPSTER - 1. † a woman who tapped or drew ale or other liquor for sale in an inn; a hostess ...c1000
  - 2. a man who draws the beer, etc. for the customers in a public house; the keeper of a tavern; a bartender ...c1400
  - 3. † one who sells by retail or in small quantities ...1402
  - 4. †* a tapisser, one who weaves tapestry ...1472-3
• TAPSTRESS - a female tapster or tavern-keeper; a bartender ...1631
• TAR - 1. a sailor ...1676 sl.
  - 2. a mischievous character; esp. used of a child ...1897 Eng. dial.
  - 3. an opium smoker ...1936 drugs sl.
  - 4. a thief, a 'tar finger' ...Bk1992 sl.
• TARADIDDLER - a petty liar ...1880 colloq.
• TARANTANT - * one who has been bitten by a tarantula; one suffering from tarantism (a hysterical malady, characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, which prevailed as an epidemic in Apulia and adjacent parts of Italy from the 15th to the 17 century, popularly attributed to the bite or 'sting' of the tarantula) ...1883
• TARANTATO - * one who has been bitten by a tarantula; one suffering from tarantism (a hysterical malady, characterized by an extreme impulse to dance, which prevailed as an epidemic in Apulia and adjacent parts of Italy from the 15th to the 17 century, popularly attributed to the bite or 'sting' of the tarantula) ...1685
• TAR BABY - 1. (derogatory) a Black person ...1894 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a chain-smoker ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
  - 3. (derogatory) a Maori ...1981 NZ sl.
• TAR-BARREL or TARBARREL - 1. † a term of abuse for a person; an inferior person ...1695
  - 2. a sailor ...Bk1903 sl.
• TAR-BOILER - a native of North Carolina ...1845 US sl.
• TAR-BOX - 1. † a term of contempt for a person; a 'stinking fellow'; an inferior person ...a1592
  - 2. a shepherd: in contempt ...Bk1903 sl.
• TAR-BREECH - † a term of contempt applied to a sailor ...1582
• TAR-BRUSH - a contemptuous term for a Black person ...1835
• TAR-BRUSH, THE - a person of mixed race ...1859
• TAR-BRUSHER - one who 'blackens' a reputation - a defamer ...1884
• TAR BUCKET - a tagalong; a hanger-on; one who lags behind ...1915 Amer. dial.
• TAR-BURNER - a native of North Carolina ...1775 US sl.
• TARD or 'TARD - a dolt; a fool; a stupid person ...Bk1994 US teen & college sl.
• TARD - someone who is moving or acting slowly ...Bk2006 Amer. teen & high school sl.
• TARDIGRADE - † a slow goer ...1647
• TARE-MASTER - † an assay officer of the stannaries, who ascertained the amount of dross or foreign matter in the tin ...1625
• TARER - † an assay officer of the stannaries, who ascertained the amount of dross or foreign matter in the tin ...1625
• TARESTRIL - a mischievous child ...Bk1914 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TAR FINGER - a robber, because everything he touches sticks to his fingers ...1925 US criminals' sl.
• TAR-FINGERS - a petty pilferer ...Bk1903 sl.
• TARGE - one who reprimands or scolds loudly; a termagant; a scolding woman; a vixen ...1887 Sc.
• TARGEL - a despicable person; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARGEMAN - a man armed with a targe (a light shield or buckler, borne instead of the heavy shield, esp. by footmen and archers ...a1700
• TARGER - 1. one who reprimands or scolds loudly; a termagant; a scolding woman; a shrew; a quarrelsome woman  ...1822 Sc.
  - 2. a big, active, hustling person ...1860 Sc.
  - 3. a person of bad or eccentric character; a rough fellow; a mischievous person ...Bk1905
• TARGET - 1. a person who is the object of general abuse, scorn, derision, or the like ...1757
  - 2. an oddly or untidily dressed person ...1972 Sc.
• TARGETEER - † a foot-soldier armed with a target (a light round shield or buckler) ...1586-8 obs. exc. hist.
• TARGETER - † a shield-maker, or a shield-bearer ...1382
• TARGET-MAN - † a man armed with a target or shield ...1555
• TARGET-MAN - a signal-man who works signalling targets ...1884 US
• TARGET WITNESS - the person whose testimony an investigating body is primarily seeking, often the person a government is seeking to indict ...Bk1992 legal usage
• TARGILL - a despicable person; usually applied to a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• TARGLE - a despicable person; a dirty, slovenly woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARGUMIST - one of the translators and commentators who compiled the Targums; one versed in the language and literature of the Targums (Aramaic translations, interpretations, or paraphrases of the various divisions of the Old Testament, made after the Babylonian captivity, at first preserved by oral transmission, and committed to writing from about A.D. 100 onwards) ...1642
• TARHEEL or TAR HEEL - 1. a poor White, esp. from the piney woods of North Carolina; a rustic or countrified person; any north Carolinian; an insignificant person ...1846 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a thief, esp. a sneak thief ...1925 US criminals' sl.
  - 3. a Southern soldier ...1944 US sl.
  - 4. a person of mixed blood, part Black ...1966 Amer. dial.
  - 5. (derogatory) a Black person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• TAR-HEELER - a native of North Carolina ...1862 US sl.
• TARIFFIST - an advocate of a tariff ...1905
• TARIFFITE - an advocate of a tariff ...1906
• TARIFF-REFORMER - an advocate or supporter of tariff-reform; in British politics from 1903, an advocate of an extended tariff on imports ...1903
• TAR-JACKET - a sailor ...1698 UK sl.
• TARLACK - a contemptible fellow; a person not over-particular; a sturdy, brawling woman; a dirty female tatterdemalion ...1881 Eng. dial.
• TARLE - † a small weak person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• TARLEATHER - †* a term of abuse or reproach applied to a woman; an inferior woman ...1575
• TARLOCH - 1. a silly, inactive girl; a coarse, ragged, sluttish woman ...1825 Sc.
  - 2. a small weak or worthless person ...1866 Sc.
  - 3. a contemptible fellow; a person not over-particular; a sturdy, brawling woman; a dirty female tatterdemalion ...1881 Scot. & Eng. dial.
  - 4. a diminutive person or child ...1910 Sc.
• TAR-LUBBER - a term of contempt for a sailor ...1610
• TARMANACK - a slovenly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARMIGAN - a termagant ...Bk1880 Eng. dial.
• TARNE - † a girl, or wench ...Bk1855
• TARNISHER - one who tarnishes ...Bk1864
• TARPAULIAN - † a nickname for a mariner or sailor, esp. a common sailor ...a1656
• TARPAULIN - * a nickname for a mariner or sailor, esp. a common sailor ...1647 rare or arch.
• TARP-NECK - a term of contempt for a person; a 'prick' ...Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
• TAR-POT or TARPOT - 1. a sailor ...1641 humorous
  - 2. (derogatory) an Aborigine ...1894 Aust. sl.
  - 3. a Black person ...1944 Amer. dial.
  - 4. (derogatory) a Maori ...1963 NZ sl.
  - 5. (derogatory) a Black child...Bk1975 Amer. sl. arch.
• TARR - 1. a sailor ...1765 sl.
  - 2. a mischievous character; esp. used of a child ...1897 Eng. dial.
• TARRADIDDLE - a liar ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TARRADIDDLER - a petty liar ...1880 colloq.
• TARRAN - a passionate, brawling child; a peevish, cantankerous, ill-humoured person; one who tries to get his own way by persistent nagging or fractiousness; an exasperating person ...1802 Sc.
• TARRANT - a crabbed, ill-natured person ...1703 Eng. dial.
• TARRAS - a troublesome, mischievous lad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARRER - one who tars ...1894
• TARRIER - 1. one who tarries or delays; a lingerer, a procrastinator; one who stays or remains ...1382 arch.
  - 2. †. one who delays someone; a hinderer, an obstructor ...1614
  - 3. a keeper of terriers ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAR RIVER - during the Mexican War: a soldier from North Carolina ...1840s US military
• TAR RIVERMAN - during the Mexican War: a soldier from North Carolina ...1840s US military
• TARRON - a scamp, a rake ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• TARRYAR - a village watchman in Southern India ...1680
• TARRY-BOY - 1. a dishonest, dubious person ...2004 sl.
  - 2. a sexually active person ...2004 sl.
• TARRY BRECKS - a sailor ...1837 sl.
• TARRY BREEKS - a sailor ...1721 Sc.
• TARRY BRITCHES - a sailor ...1931 Sc.
• TARRY-FINGERS - 1. a person given to stealing, a petty thief ...1808 Sc.
  - 2. a dishonest person ...1822 Scot.
• TARRY HAT - a policeman, from the tall black felt hat formerly worn as part of their uniform ...1890 Sc.
• TARRY-JACKET - a humorous nickname for a sailor ...1822 Sc.
• TARRY-JOHN - a humorous nickname for a sailor ...1888
• TARRY-NEIVE - a person given to stealing, a petty thief ...1810 Sc.
• TARRY ROPE - 1. a fool ...1944 rhyming sl. for 'dope'
  - 2. a prostitute who works the waterfront ...1944 Aust. criminals' sl.
• TARSANDER - a whoremaster; a 'molrower' ...Bk1916 sl.
• TART - 1. a sweetheart ...1864 rhyming sl. for 'raspberry tart = sweetheart'
  - 2. a girl or woman; someone's girlfriend or wife; not used in any derogatory sense ...1864 sl.
  - 3. (derogatory) an unchaste or loose woman; a promiscuous woman; a girl or woman, often one of immoral character ...1887 sl.
  - 4. a prostitute ...1894 sl.
  - 5. an attractive young woman ...1922 Aust. sl.
  - 6. a young homosexual companion of an older man; a male prostitute ...1935 sl.
  - 7. a homosexual prostitute ...1970 homosexual sl.
  - 8. a man-hungry homosexual ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
  - 9. a fool, male or female ...1999 sl.
  - 10. a term of address for a male or female ...2011
• TARTAN - a Highlander, one who wears tartan ...1817
• TARTAN - the ancient Assyrian commander-in-chief ...1880
• TARTAR - 1. a native inhabitant of the region of Central Asia extending eastward from the Caspian Sea, and formerly known as Independent and Chinese Tartary; first known in the West as applied to the mingled host of Mongols, Tartars, Turks, etc. which under the leadership of Genghis Khan (1202-1227) overran and devastated much of Asia and Eastern Europe; hence vague applied to the descendants of these dwelling in Asia or Europe ...c1386
  - 2. a term of abuse for a person; an inferior person ...1590
  - 2. † a strolling vagabond, a tramp, a thief, beggar ...1598 cant
  - 3. a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a scolding wife, a vixen, a termagant ...1663
  - 4. a military valet ...1747
  - 5. one hard to beat or surpass in skill; an adept, a champion, an expert ...1785 sl.
  - 6. a covetous, greedy, or grasping person ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• TARTARER - †* one who attributed diseases to the presence of tartar ...1662
• TARTARIAN - 1. a native inhabitant of the region of Central Asia extending eastward from the Caspian Sea, and formerly known as Independent and Chinese Tartary; first known in the West as applied to the mingled host of Mongols, Tartars, Turks, etc. which under the leadership of Genghis Khan (1202-1227) overran and devastated much of Asia and Eastern Europe; hence vague applied to the descendants of these dwelling in Asia or Europe ...c1400
  - 2. a thief; a noisy blustering villain; a strolling vagabond; a sharper ...1608 cant
• TARTARIN - 1. † a native inhabitant of the region of Central Asia extending eastward from the Caspian Sea, and formerly known as Independent and Chinese Tartary; first known in the West as applied to the mingled host of Mongols, Tartars, Turks, etc. which under the leadership of Genghis Khan (1202-1227) overran and devastated much of Asia and Eastern Europe; hence vague applied to the descendants of these dwelling in Asia or Europe ...a1400-50
  - 2. a bombastic fellow ...1903
• TARTARINE - † a native inhabitant of the region of Central Asia extending eastward from the Caspian Sea, and formerly known as Independent and Chinese Tartary; first known in the West as applied to the mingled host of Mongols, Tartars, Turks, etc. which under the leadership of Genghis Khan (1202-1227) overran and devastated much of Asia and Eastern Europe; hence vague applied to the descendants of these dwelling in Asia or Europe ...a1400-50
• TART DAMES - those that are sharp, quick, and pert ...Bk1737 cant
• TARTLE - a dawdler, a slow mover; a chatterbox, a waster of time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARTLER - a dawdler, a slow mover; a chatterbox, a waster of time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARTLES - a dawdler, a slow mover; a chatterbox, a waster of time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARTLET - an unchaste or loose woman ...a1890
• TARTUFE - a hypocritical pretender to religion ...1688
• TARTUFFE - a hypocritical pretender to religion ...1688
• TART-WOMAN - a woman who sells tarts ...1848
• TAR-WORKER - a workman employed in making tar ...1906
• TARYER - † a provoker, a vexer; one who irritates ...c1440
• TARZAN - 1. a person, esp. a man, of great strength, muscularity, or agility but limited intellect ...1921
  - 2. in baseball: a slovenly, frowzy baseball player ...1934 baseball usage
  - 3. your fellow, a boyfriend ...Bk1945 jive usage
• TASHEL - a good-for-nothing man or woman; a drunkard; a slovenly woman; a troublesome or tiresome child ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TASHELTON - † one who in walking covers himself with mire ...1837 Eng. dial.
• TASHIE - a ragged, down-at-heel person - a sloven ...1972 Sc.
• TASKER - 1. one who threshes corn with a flail, as task-work or piece-work; a thresher, a reaper ...a1400
  - 2. † one who assesses or regulates a rate or price; e.g. of lodgings, things brought to market, etc. ...1538
  - 3. one who imposes or sets a task; a taskmaster ...1588
  - 4. one who works or is paid by the task or piece, as distinct from a day-labourer, etc. ...1621 Eng. dial.
• TASKERS’-LEASERS - the wives and children of the ‘taskers’ who are allowed to go into the field and glean before ‘all comers’ are admitted ...Bk1879 Eng. dial.
• TASK-LORD - a taskmaster ...1605
• TASK-MAN - an officer who sets a task; a taskmaster ...1856
• TASKMASTER - one whose office is to allot tasks and see to their performance; an overseer; a middleman; one who allots a duty or imposes a heavy burden or labour ...1530
• TASKMISTRESS - a woman who assigns tasks, or apportions labour ...1603
• TASMANIAN - a native or inhabitant of Tasmania ...1842
• TASQUER - a day-labourer ...1621 Eng. dial.
• TASSEL - 1. a good-for-nothing man or woman; a drunkard; a slovenly woman; a troublesome child ...1790 Eng. dial.
  - 2. † one who wears a cap with a tassel; an undergraduate ...1828 university sl.
  - 3. † a silly fellow ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
  - 4. a mild term of reproach for a girl ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• TASSELLED GENTLEMAN - a fop, a man dressed in fine clothes ...Bk1894
• TASSELLER - †* one who makes tassels ...1301
• TASSELLER - one who wears a cap with a tassel ...1846
• TASSEL-RAG - a mild term of reproach used to a female ...Bk1887 Eng. dial.
• TASSET - an ill-behaved woman ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• TASSEY - 1. a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Scot. & Eng. dial.
  - 2. a Tasmanian ...1899 Aust. sl.
• TASSIE - a Tasmanian ...1899 sl.
• TASSIL - a good-for-nothing person ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• TASSOCK - a good-for-nothing person ...Bk1887 Eng. dial. 086D
• TASSY - 1. a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Scot. & Eng. dial.
  - 2. a Tasmanian ...1899 Aust. sl.
• TASTE FACE - a heroin addict who rents out his drugs equipment in exchange for small amounts of the drug ...1969 US drugs sl.
• TASTEMAKER - a person who sets or influences what is or will become fashionable ...21C
• TASTER - 1. a domestic officer whose duty it is to taste food and drink about to be served to his master, in order to ascertain their quality, or to detect poison ...1387
  - 2. one who tastes or tries the quality of a thing by tasting; one whose office, business, or employment is to taste the quality of victuals sold to the public, as ale, wine, tea, etc. by taste ...c1440
  - 3. a person who performs fellatio ...Bk1916 sl. Slang
  - 4. a wine expert ...Bk2000
• TASTRILL - 1. a termagant; one of violent temper and tongue; a passionate child ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a saucy, impudent child; one who is badly behaved; a mischievous character; a cunning rogue, a rascal ...Bk1892 Eng. dial.
• TASTY BIT a 'juicy' wench ...Bk1916 sl.
• TASTY MORSEL a ripe girl ...Bk1916 sl.
• TAT - 1. a child’s word for father, dad ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a shabby person; a slattern...1936 sl.
• TATA - 1. father, an affectionate and respectful title for an old man ...1793 W. Indies
  - 2. a foolish person ...1966 UK sl.
  - 3. an aunt, used as a title or term of address ...1969 French Canadian
• TATARAM - a foolish old man, esp. one with sex on his mind ...1996 W. Indies
• TATER-EATER - an Irishman ...1867 sl., chiefly US usage
• TATER-FACE - a mild term of abuse ...1840 US sl.
• TATEY-PIKERS - the gatherers of the potatoes after they are turned up on the ground ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• TATHER - a woman or boy who follows the mowers, and forms the bundles from the swaths ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATHIE - a child's name for father, daddy ...1930 Sc.
• TATIANIST - a follower of Tatian (a Christian apologist of the 2nd century, who afterwards became a Gnostic); a member of the ascetic sect of Encratites ...1754-8
• TATIE-HANDS - women and children employed in planting, picking, and sorting potatoes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-HOWKER - a potato-digger ...1885 Sc.
• TATIE-PAIRER - a peeler of potatoes ...1898 Sc.
• TATIE-PICKERS - women and children employed in planting, picking, and sorting potatoes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-PIKERS - gatherers of potatoes after they are turned up on the ground ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-TOP(S) a term of abuse ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
• TATIE-WOMEN - women employed in planting, picking, and sorting potatoes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAT-MAN - a crooked gambler who uses a tat to cheat in a dice game (tat - a crooked die, esp. one on which only the numbers four, fiver, and six appear) ...1928 US gambling sl.
• TATMONGER - † a crooked gambler, esp. one who cheats at dice ...1688 gambling sl.
• TATOGEY - a sharper or cheat using loaded dice ...1688 gambling sl.
• TATOL - at Winchester: a tutor in Commoners ...Bk1903 sl.
• TAT QUEEN - an antique dealer or collector ...Bk1972 Brit. homosexual sl
• TATSHIE - a ragged, down-at-heel person; a sloven ...1972 Sc.
• TATSMAN or TAT’S MAN - a dice-player, or a sharper who cheats with dice ...1825 sl.
• TATSY - a child's word for father ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATT - a shabby person; a slattern ...1936 sl.
• TATTA - a child's word for father ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• TATTARAT - an unruly person; one wanting in stability ...Bk1887 Eng. dial.
• TATTER - 1. † a person wearing tattered or ragged clothes; a tatterdemalion ...c1600
  - 2. in needlework: one who tats or does tatting ...1881
  - 3. a collector of rags, bones, etc.; a refuse-gatherer ...1890 Eng. dial. & sl.
• TATTER-CAN - a termagant ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• TATTER-CLOUT - a poorly dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin; a beggar  ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TATTERDEMALION and TATTERDEMALLION - a person in tattered clothing; a ragged, miserable, or beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin ...1611
• TATTERER - 1. a female scold ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a voluble talker, a chatterbox ...1885 Sc.
  - 3. a collector of rags, bones, etc. a refuse-gatherer ...1890
• TATTER-RAGS - a poorly dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin; a beggar ...Bk1869
• TATTERS - 1. a female scold ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
  - 2 a ragged person ...Bk1933 sl.
• TATTERTALE - a tattletale ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TATTER-WAG - † a person in ragged clothes ...c1400
• TATTER-WALLETS - a poorly dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin; a beggar ...Bk1893 Eng. dial
• TATTER-WALLOP - a person in ragged clothes ...1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TATTER-WALLOPS - a ragged person; a tatterdemalion; an indecorous woman ...Bk1869 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TATTIE - a stupid person; a simpleton ...1866 Sc.
• TATTIE, THE - the right person, one who can be trusted or relied on ...1895 Sc.
• TATTIE-BOGLE - a ragged, unkempt, or grotesquely-dressed person; a coward ...1972 Sc.
• TATTIE-BOODIE - a stupid or cowardly person ...1972 Sc.
• TATTIE DOOLIE - a ragamuffin ...1954 Sc.
• TATTIE-HEAD - a stupid person ...1897 Sc.
• TATTLE-BOX - a chatterbox; a prating gossip ...1911 sl.
• TATTLEBUDGET - a tattletale ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TATTLE-MONGER - a chatterbox; a gossip ...1848
• TATTLER  - 1. an idle talker; a chatterer; a gossip; a talebearer; a telltale ...1550
  - 2. a racecourse tipster, presumed to be fraudulent ...1907 Aust. sl.
  - 3. a night watchman ...Bk1975 Amer. sl
• TATTLE-TALE - one who discloses confidences or secrets; one who informs on or betrays others; a telltale; a talebearer; a whistle-blower ...1889 colloq, orig. US
• TATTOGEY - a user of loaded dice ...Bk1994 Brit. sl.
• TATTOO BOY - one who flashes assorted tattoos ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TATTOOED MAN - in baseball: a pitcher who has been hit hard or off whom several hits have been made ...Bk1999 baseball usage
• TATTOOER - one who practices tattooing ...1837
• TATTOOIST - a professional tattooer ...1894
• TATTOO QUEEN - a homosexual who has a sexual interest in tattoos ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TATTSMAN - † a professional dice shooter, either honest or dishonest ...1904 UK gambling sl.
• TATUH - father, dad, papa ...Bk1982 Jewish
• TAUATANE - an effeminate homosexual ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TAUBATOR - one who wears a tabard or short gown; a name formerly given to certain scholars of Queen's College, Oxford, from the gown they wore ...1648
• TAUDY - † a term of endearment for a child ...1808 Sc.
• TAUNTER - 1. one who taunts ...1552
  - 2. a reproacher; an insulter ...1558
• TAUNTRESS - * a woman who taunts, scoffs, or jeers ...1557
• TAUPIE - a giddy, scatterbrained, untidy, awkward, or careless person; generally applied to young women, occasionally to men; an inactive, silly, and slovenly woman; a foolish or childish young woman ...1728 Sc.
• TAUPIN - a long, thin person ...1905 Sc.
• TAUPY - a headstrong, untidy girl ...1893 Eng. dial.
• TAURICIDE - a bull-slayer; a matador ...1852
• TAURIDORE - † one who engages in a (Spanish) bullfight, esp. on horseback; a toreador, a bullfighter ...1618
• TAURIRO - a (Spanish) bullfighter (on foot) ...1728
• TAUROMACHIAN - * a bull-fighter ...1845
• TAURUS - a well-endowed man ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TAUSHENT - the youngest child in a family ...1802 Amer. dial.
• TAUTOLOGIST - one who practices tautology; one who says the same things over and over; a tedious repeater ...1702
• TAUTOLOGIZER - one who says the same things over and over; a tedious repeater ...1657
• TAVARISH - a comrade ...1912
• TAVERN BELLY - a person who drinks steadily or a great deal ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TAVERNER - 1. one who keeps a tavern; a tavern-keeper ...a1300 arch.
  - 2. † one who frequents a tavern; a tippler ...1340
• TAVERN-KEEPER - one who is licensed to sell liquors to be drunk, and to entertain travellers and lodgers ...1611
• TAVERN MAID - one who collects the empty bottles in a homosexual bar ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TAVERN-MAN - * a tippler ...Bk1903
• TAVERTY - a stupid person ...1833 Sc.
• TAW - 1. a mischievous person ...Bk1887 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a strange man ...Bk1887 Eng. dial.
• TAW-BESS - † a slatternly or slovenly woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TAWDY - a term of contempt for a child ...Bk1888 Sc.
• TAWER - 1. one who taws; one who prepares white leather; also, a maker of husbandry harness ...1382
  - 2. one who aims a taw (marble) ...1898
• TAWNEY - a dark-complexioned person; a mulatto ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAWNIE - a bully ...1898 Sc. sl.
• TAWNY - 1. a brown-skinned person; a dark-complexioned person ...1660 arch.
  - 2. a bully ...1898 Sc. sl.
• TAWNY-COAT - † an ecclesiastical apparitor, from the colour of his livery ...1591
• TAWNY-MOOR - † a name given to the tawny or brown-skinned natives of foreign lands; probably originally to natives of northern Africa; a mulatto ...1603
• TAWNY OWL - a name (no longer in official use) for an assistant Brownie Guider ...1921
• TAWPIE - 1. a foolish, giddy, scatterbrained, untidy, awkward, or careless person;  an idle or slovenly person; generally applied to young women ...1728 Sc.
  - 2. a foolish fellow - a blockhead ...1885 Sc.
  - 3. a fidgety person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAWPLOCH - † a giddy, foolish girl ...Bk1824 Sc.
• TAWPY - a silly person; a simpleton; a foolish, senseless, or thoughtless girl or woman; a headstrong, untidy girl ...1728 Sc.
• TAWRIDORE - † a toreador, a bullfighter ...1618
• TAWSE-SWASHER - one who uses the 'tawse' - a schoolmaster (tawse - a leather strap cut into thongs at one end) ...1885 Sc.
• TAWTIE - a stupid person ...Bk1866 Sc.
• TAWYER - one who taws or dresses leather; also, a maker of husbandry harness ...Bk1881 Eng. dial.
• TAXABLE - one who is subject to taxation ...1662 orig. US
• TAXATOR - 1. one who assesses a subsidy, impost, or tax; one who levies a tax ...1424 now hist.
  - 2. in the medieval universities: an officer (one of two) who fixed the rents of students' lodgings ...1831
• TAX-COLLECTOR - 1. one who collects taxes ...1833
  - 2. a highwayman ..1830 UK sl.
• TAX-DODGER - 1. one who avoids paying taxes ...1876 US
  - 2. one who is involved in schemes to avoid paying taxes ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• TAX-EATER - 1. one who is supported from the public revenue. a poor person in receipt of relief ...1818
  - 2. one who holds political office, elective or appointive ...1818 Amer.
• TAXER - 1. † one who determines the amount of a tax, fine, price, etc.; an assessor ...1377
  - 2. in the ancient universities: an officer (one of two) who fixed the rents of students' lodgings; at Cambridge, where the 'Taxors' also regulated the prices of commodities, kept the standard of weights and measures, and punished those who offended in these matters, the office and title (taxor) continued into the 19th century ...1532-3 now hist.
  - 3. † one who finds fault, accuses, or censures; one who blames ...1601
  - 4. one who levies a tax or taxes; a tax-collector ...1603-4
• TAXES, THE - the tax-collector ...1874 colloq.
• TAX-FENCER - a disreputable shopkeeper, whose prices are set extortionately high ...1909 UK sl.
• TAX-FIGHTER - one who resists the payment of taxes and contests them in court ...Bk1891 Amer.
• TAX-GATHERER - a collector of taxes ...1693 arch.
• TAXIARCH - in ancient Greece: the commander of a taxis (a company of soldiers, esp. foot-soldiers; a division of troops varying in size in different military organizations, and accordingly answering to a modern company, battalion, regiment, or brigade) ...1808
• TAXI DANCER a woman employed by a dance hall to partner paying customers in a dance ...1930 orig. US
• TAXIDERMIST - one skilled in taxidermy; a professional stuffer of animals for preservation ...1828
• TAXI DRINKER - a prostitute ...Bk1995 sl.
• TAXI-DRIVER  - 1. a driver of a taxi-cab ...1907
  - 2. a pilot of an aircraft ...1937 colloq.
  - 3. an astronaut or traveller in space; one in the orbiting command module ...1971
• TAXI-MAN - a burglar who takes a taxi to and from a job ...1923 UK criminals' & police sl.
• TAXING-MASTER - an officer in a court of law who examines and allows or disallows items in a solicitor's bill of costs when disputed ...1890
• TAXINOMIST - a scientific classifier ...1899
• TAXI SQUAD - in football: reserves who can be activated on short notice to replace others who are injured ...Bk1994
• TAXI STEERER - a cab driver who steers customers to a whorehouse; he usually receives payment from the house and the customer ...1910 US criminals' sl.
• TAXMAN - 1. a tack's-man; one who holds a tack or lease of land, a water-mill, coal-mines, fishers, tithes, customs, or anything farmed or leased; a lessee; esp. in the Highlands, a middleman who leases directly from the proprietor of the estate a large piece of land which he sublets in small farms; a tenant of a higher class ...1533 Sc.
  - 2. a tax-collector ...1891
• TAX-MASTER - a taskmaster ...1887 Sc.
• TAXONOMER - a scientific classifier ...1885
• TAXONOMIST - a scientific classifier ...1877
• TAXPAYER - one who pays a tax; one liable to taxation ...1816
• TAX-TAKER - one who collects taxes; a levier or receiver of taxes ...1610
• TAY-BOY - a man-servant ...1848 Ireland
• TAYLARD - a term of reproach or contempt, 'one with a tail', a man; an epithet founded on a legend told first of St. Augustine at Dorchester (or Rochester), and later of Thomas a Beck in Kent, in which the people of these places were said to be cursed with tails for indignities done by attaching a tail to these holy men; on the continent, tails used to be ascribed to Englishmen generally ...a1400
• TAYLE DRAWERS - sword stealers ...Bk1737 criminals' sl.
• TAYNTOUR - one who informs on or brings legal evidence against another for conviction of some crime ...1451 Sc.
• TAYSTRAGGELT - a loose, idle person ...1864 Eng. dial.
• TAYSTRAYELT - a loose idle person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• TAYSTREL - a good-for-nothing character ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• TAY WATER WILLIE - an inhabitant of Dundee ...1927 Sc.
• TAZIE - a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Scot. & Eng. dial.
• TAZZLE - a wicked, drunken person ...Bk1869 Eng. dial.
• TAZZY - a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Scot. & Eng. dial.
• T.B. - a confidence trickster ...1933 US sl.
• TCHINOVNIK - a Russian minor official or civil servant ...1877
• TEA-AND-SUGAR BURGLAR - a swagman who begs or 'borrows' tea and sugar; a minor predator ...1899 Aust. sl.
• TEA-BAGGER - 1. a body-boarder ...Bk2006 Amer. surfing sl.
  - 2. one who is left hanging, or looking stupid ...Bk2006 Amer. college & university sl.
• TEA BLOWER - one who smokes marijuana ...Bk1992 drug culture sl.
• TEA-BOY - a man-servant ...1848 Ireland
• TEACH - a teacher ...1958 sl.
• TEACHER - 1. one who teaches or instructs; an instructor; also, one whose function is to give instruction, esp. in a school ...a1300
  - 2. a tutor, a coach ...1619
  - 3. formerly, in New England Congregational churches: one of several officers appointed to teach ...1834
  - 4. in baseball: the manager of a baseball team ...1917 baseball usage
• TEACHERESS - a female teacher ...1382
• TEACHER'S AID - a teacher's assistant who helps with the less-skilled tasks a teacher is called upon to do, such as helping children with their coats, etc. ...1956
• TEACHER'S PET a favoured student ...1914
• TEACHER'S PETTED - a latent homosexual who associates with homosexuals to learn and experience more than what books have to offer ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TEACHING PROFESSIONAL - a golf professional who derives his income primarily from giving lessons to golfers ...Bk1997 golfing usage
• TEA-COOPER - a workman at a dock who unloads tea and does any necessary repairs to the packing, etc.  ...1887
• TEAD - a toad; a term of contempt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEA-DRINKER - 1. one who drinks tea habitually or in large quantities ...1737
  - 2. a woman; a female ...Bk1971 Boonville California jargon 1971
• TEA-DRUNKARD - one who habitually drinks tea to such excess as to suffer from its toxic effects ...Bk1919
• TEAER - one who takes tea ...1891
• TEA-FIGHTER - one who attends a tea party, and by implication dislikes alcohol ...1885 Aust. sl.
• TEA-GARDENER - the keeper of, or a worker in, a tea-garden ...1903
• TEA-GROUTER - a fortune-teller who uses tea-leaves, the leaves being 'grouted' or turned over in the cup ...a1833
• TEAGUE - 1. a nickname for an Irishman ...1623 colloq. arch.
  - 2. a Roman Catholic, esp. as used by Protestants in Northern Ireland ...1640
  - 3. a term of contempt for a person ...Bk1876 Eng. dial.
• TEAGUELANDER - † an Irishman ...1689
• TEAGUE SUE - an overendowed Korean lady who treated United Nations soldiers kindly during the Korean conflict ...Korean War 1950-53 Amer. sl.
• TEA-GUZZLER - a man who frequents tea parties ...1917 US sl.
• TEA-HAND - a tea-drinker; one who is addicted to drinking tea ...1896 Sc.
• TEA-HEAD - a habitual user of marijuana ...1953 sl., orig. US
• TEA HORNER - a woman ...Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
• TEA-HOUND - 1. one who smokes marijuana ...1939 sl., orig. US Black usage
  - 2. a man who frequents tea parties; a ladies' man; a womanizer ...1915
  - 3. a sissy ...Bk1975 Amer. college sl.
• TEA-JENNY - one who is addicted to drinking tea, male or female ...1953 Sc.
• TEAL - † a busybody; a mean fellow ...1804 Sc.
• TEA-LEAF - a small-time thief ...1890 criminals' rhyming sl.
• TEALER - a wheedler; an enticer ...1808 Sc.
• TEALIE - a tailor ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• TEA-MAKER - 1. a person who dries the leaves and prepares the tea of commerce ...1842
  - 2. one who makes or infuses tea ...1814
• TEA-MAN or TEAMAN - 1. a merchant who deals in tea; a tea-dealer ...1837
  - 2. a prisoner who has the privilege of having one pint of tea every evening instead of gruel ...1877 prison sl.
  - 3. one who is addicted to drinking tea ...1905 Sc.
  - 4. a smoker of marijuana ...1938 US sl.
  - 5. a seller of marijuana ...1950 US sl.
• TEAMER - 1. one who drives a team of animals; a carter or wagoner, who has the care of a team of horses ...1778
  - 2. one who unloads carts or wagons ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
  - 3. a member of a team or group ...1934
• TEAMERMAN - a wagoner, carter, or driver of a teamer (a team of five horses) ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
• TEAM-MAN - 1. a teamster, the driver of a team of animals ...1867
  - 2. a member of a team or group ...1954
• TEAM-MATE - a fellow member of a team ...1915
• TEAM-PLAYER - 1. a member of a team or group ...1886
  - 2. in baseball: a player who works with others for the benefit of the team rather than playing for his own recognition; e.g. a player who hits to right field to advance a runner ...Bk1999 baseball usage
• TEAMSMAN - a teamster, the driver of a team of animals, as horses ...1909
• TEAMSTER - 1. the driver of a team of animals ...1777
  - 2. the driver of a truck or lorry ...1907
  - 3. in logging: a man who drove a team in a logging operation ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TEA-PLANTER - one who makes it his business to cultivate tea-plants ...1888
• TEAPOT - 1. a Black person ...1815 sl.
  - 2. a 'teapot sucker'; a total abstainer; a teetotaller ...1885 UK sl.
  - 3. one who drinks an excessive amount of tea ...1893 US sl.
  - 4. a male homosexual ...2001 UK teen sl.
• TEAPOT LID - 1. a Yid, a Jew ...Bk1960 rhyming sl.
  - 2. a kid ...Bk1971 rhyming sl.
• TEA-POT SOAK - † a thief who sells teapots and other related items ...1930 UK criminals' sl.
• TEAPOT SUCKER - a teetotaller or other spoilsport; one who suppresses every form of amusement ...1900 UK sl.
• TEAR - a lively, entertaining person; a jolly sort; a comic ...1935 Sc.
• TEARAN FELLOW - a rough, hot-headed person who drives everything before him, regardless of danger
• TEAR-ARSE - 1. a very active, busy person ...1923 sl.
  - 2. a fast driver ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
  - 3. a wild, reckless, impulsive, or delinquent person ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• TEAR-ASS - a very active, busy person ...1923 US sl.
• TEAR-AWAY or TEARAWAY - 1. one who tears or rushes away, or acts with great impetuosity; one who behaves in a wild, uncontrolled, or reckless manner; a rebellious and unruly young person; an uncontrollable, boisterous person; a rascal ...1891
  - 2. one who is smart or striking or any way ...1901 Ireland
  - 3. a minor gangster; a small-time villain ...1938 sl.
• TEAR-BACK - a romping child; a romping. hoydenish person ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEAR BUCKET - a dramatic actress ...Bk1945 jive usage
• TEAR-CAT or TEARCAT - one who causes a disturbance or trouble; a bully, swaggerer, a blustering person; a thug; a fierce or destructive person...1611
• TEARDOWN or TEAR-DOWN - 1. a fierce or destructive person ...1834 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a confidence trickster ...1894 Aust. sl.
• TEAR-EM-ROUGH - one who works or plays with great energy and violence when gentler methods would be more efficacious ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEARER - 1. one who tears or rends ...1625
  - 2. a person who tears or rushes along or about; a blustering or violent person; a ranter, roisterer, swaggerer, thug, or bully ...1664
  - 3. a passionate, irascible person; a shrew, a virago, a vixen ...1850 Sc.
• TEARER OF GOD - † a blasphemer or profane swearer ...a1550
• TEAR-JERKER - an actor or speaker able to elicit sympathy from his audience ...1935 Amer. sl.
• TEAR-MOUTH - † a ranting actor ...1601
• TEAR-PLACKET - † a cutpurse ...c1600
• TEAR-RAG - a rude, boisterous child; a romp, one always getting into mischief and tearing his clothes ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEAR-ROGUE - † a roistering disreputable fellow ...1685
• TEAROOM QUEEN - a homosexual haunting a men's bathroom for chance meetings with other men ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TEAR-SMOCK - a womanizer ...1672 sl.
• TEAR-THROAT - † a ranting actor ...1654
• TEASE - 1. a menial servant ...a1790 sl.
  - 2. a person addicted to teasing; one who irritates another in a trifling or sportive way, one who banters ...1852 colloq.
  - 3. one who can easily be teased ...1859
  - 4. a woman or homosexual man who provokes a man sexually but then resists intercourse; also used of men ...1925 sl., orig. US
• TEASELER - one whose occupation is to teasel cloth (teasel - to raise a smooth nap on cloth with or as with teasels) ...a1400
• TEASER - 1. one who teases wool, cotton, or the like ...1483
  - 2. one who teases, vexes, or annoys ...1659
  - 3. one who 'teases' or attends to a fire or furnace; a stoker, fireman ...1797 Eng. dial.
  - 4. in boxing: an opponent difficult to tackle or overcome ...1812 boxing sl.
  - 5. in baseball: an especially deceptive pitcher ...1883 baseball usage
  - 6. a provocative woman who evades sexual intercourse ...1895 colloq.
  - 7. a striptease artist ...1929
• TEASER OF THE CATGUT - a fiddler ...Bk1891 sl.
• TEA-SIFTER - a person involved in sifting tea ...1871
• TEA-SIPPER - one who smokes marijuana ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• TEASTRIL - a vicious, ill-conditioned person; a crabbed, peevish fellow ...Bk1869 Eng. dial.
• TEA-TASTER one whose business is to test the quality of samples of tea by tasting them; a tea-expert ...1858
• TEA-TOWEL HEAD - (derogatory) an Arab from the Middle East ...1985 sl.
• TEA-WAGGON - † an East Indiaman ...Bk1891 sl.
• TEAZE-TRILL - a troublesome fellow ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• TEBBIE - a term of endearment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEC - a detective ...1879 sl.
• TECATO - 1. a morphine or heroin addict ...1968 US drugs sl.
  - 2. a heavy user of marijuana ...1970 US drugs sl.
• TECK - a police spy; an informer ...Bk1902 sl.
• TED - a Teddy-boy ...1956 Brit. sl.
• TEDDY BEAR - a youth or man who dresses flashily or shows off ...1953 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'lair'
• TEE - a police spy - an informer ...Bk1902 sl.
• TEELYTOON - a teasing, fretful, wearisome child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEENY-BOPPER - a young teenager, typically a girl, who follows the latest fashions in clothes, pop music, etc. ...1966 sl.
• TEETEE - a total abstainer - a teetotaller ...1900 Sc.
• TEETH-HALER - a dentist ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEETOTAL - a teetotaller - a total abstainer ...1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEEVOO - † a male flirt ...1824 Sc.
• TEG - 1 a Roman Catholic, esp. as used by Protestants in Northern Ireland ...M17 sl.
  - 2. an Irishman ...M17
• TEG-MAN - a shepherd ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TEIG - 1. a Roman Catholic, esp. as used by Protestants in Northern Ireland ...M17 sl.
  - 2. an Irishman ...M17
• TEIL - † a busybody - a mean fellow ...1804 Sc.
• TELL-A-PIE-TIT - a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-CLACK - a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-CLAT - a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIE - a talebearer ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIE TIT - a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIENOT - a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-PIET - a talebearer ...1902 Sc.
• TELL-PIOT - a talebearer ...1902 Sc.
• TELL-PYE - a talebearer ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TELL-TALER TIT - a talebearer ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELL-TALE TIT - a talebearer ... 1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TELL-TIT - a talebearer ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PIE - a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PIE-TIT - a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PIOT - a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TELLY-PYE-TIT - a talebearer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEMP - a temporary employee, esp. a temporary secretary ...1932 sl., orig. US
• TENDER - 1. a waiter ...1865 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a term of endearment to a baby ...1895 Eng. dial.
  - 3. the guard of a train ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TENDER-DEAR - a term of endearment ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TENDERFOOT - an inexperienced newcomer or visitor in a frontier or rural area - a greenhorn - a naive or inexperienced person ...1866 Amer. dial.
• TENEMENTS TO LET - a widow ...18C sl.
• TENT-BOY - a boy who 'tents' or who looks after animals or drives away birds ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TENTER - 1. a watcher - a watchman ...1844 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a person engaged to look after animals or drive away birds ...1889 Eng. dial.
  - 3. one who takes care of anything - an attendant or keeper ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TENTING-LAD - a boy who 'tents' or who looks after animals or drives away birds ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TENT-READER - one who reads the service from a 'tent' ...1715 Sc.
• TER - a sister - also, a term or term of address for a woman ...1883 Amer. dial.
• TERI - a native of Hawick, Scotland ...1892 Sc.
• TERN - an intern ...1970s Amer. medical sl.
• TERPS - an interpreter ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TERR - a guerrilla fighting to overthrow the White minority government ...1976 Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) before independence usage
• TERRAPIN - a shrewish old woman ...1897 Amer. dial.
• TERRIER - a man of bad temper and character; a pugnacious fellow ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TERROR - a troublesome child ...1883 sl.
• TERTIAN - at a Scottish university: a student of the third session ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TESTAMENT-MAN - † a Protestant ...1827 Sc.
• TETAW - a simpleton - a fool ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TETUZ - † a delicate person ...1824 Sc.
• TEWER - 1. a hard worker - an industrious, energetic person ...1878 Eng. dial.
  - 2. an agitator ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEX-MEX - a native of the Texas-Mexico border region ...1949 Amer. sl.
• THACKER - a thatcher ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THACKSTER - a thatcher ...1787 Eng. dial.
• THARF-COMER - one who comes slowly and reluctantly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THAT-A-DONNET - an idle, worthless person ...1781 Eng. dial.
• THAT CERTAIN PARTY - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• THAT THERE - † a London rider - one who comes from the east of England ...1777 Eng. dial.
• THEAKER - a thatcher ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THEAVE - a young woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THESMOPHILIST - a lover of law ...1644 nonce word
• THICK - a foolish person ...1857 sl., orig. schoolchildren's usage
• THICKHEAD - a fool - a soft-head ...Bk1891 sl.
• THICKIE - a foolish person ...1968 sl.
• THICKO - a foolish person ...1976 sl.
• THIEF - a term of contempt or vituperation used with no implication of dishonesty - a rascal - a scamp ...1827 Sc.
• THIEF-ANIMAL - a term of opprobrium for a thievish person ...1897 Sc.
• THIEF-LOON - a thief - a thievish rascal ...1898 Sc.
• THIEF-RIEVER - a thief - a thievish rascal ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THIGGER - a beggar - a mendicant ...1885 Sc.
• THIGSTER - a beggar - a mendicant ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THING - 1. the penis ...c1386 sl.
  - 2. a term of endearment for a child or girl ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 3. an amorous couple ...1942 Amer. sl.
• THING-A-MERRY - a person whose name is forgotten or unknown ...1818 sl.
• THING-A-ME-TOY - a person whose name is forgotten or unknown ...1865 Eng. dial.
• THINGAMMY - a worthless person ...1866 Eng. dial.
• THINGAMY - a worthless person ...1866 Eng. dial.
• THING AND A HALF, A - a conceited person, as indicative of the value he sets upon himself ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THING-O-WOLD - a paltry, insignificant person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THINGUM - a person whose name the speaker cannot recall, does not know, or is reluctant to speak ...1824 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMYDOOCHY - a whose name is not known or cannot for the moment be recalled ...1909 Amer. dial.
• THIN-GUT - † one who has a thin belly - a lean, starved-looking person - a starveling ...1602
• THINKING BAYONET - a soldier ...World War I Amer. sl.
• THINKLING - a petty or inferior thinker ...1816 nonce word
• THIN STREAK OF MISERY - a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
• THIRDSMAN - an arbiter between two ...1793 Sc.
• THIRDS-OF-KIN - a relative in the third degree ...1892 Sc.
• THIRD-WORLD BOTHERER - a person who acts upon the need to do good in less fortunate areas of the world ...2000 Brit. sl.
• THIRSTINGTON - a hard drinker ...B1900 sl.
• THIRST MONSTER - a crack cocaine user ...2002 US sl.
• THISTLE-DIGGER - a term of disparagement for a person, a contemptible person ...1880 Amer. dial.
• THISTLE-DOWN - children apt to wander; esp. on moor or heath ...1909 Anglo-Irish
• THITER - a foolish fellow - an idiot ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THITHY - an effeminate male ...20C US sl.
• THOLER - a liberal giver ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THOMAS - a fool - a simpleton ...1934 Sc.
• THORN-BACK - an old maid ...17C Brit. sl.
• THOROUGHBRED - a skilled prostitute ...20C US prostitutes' usage
• THOUGHT - one who is wise or careful beyond his years ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRAW-MULE - a perverse and obstinate person ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• THRAWN-BODY - a cross person ...1895 Sc.
• THRAWN-DAYS - a spoiled, petted child ...1824 Sc.
• THRAWN-STICK - a queer, obstinate person ...1893 Sc.
• THREAD - a stripling ...1901 Eng. dial.
• THREAP - a contentious or quarrelsome person ...1898 Eng. dial.
• THREAPER - 1. one who asserts or insists pertinaciously and, generally, falsely ...1871 Sc.
  - 2. a contentious, argumentative person ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THREE-BULB PLANT - a pawnbroker ...L19 US sl.
• THREE-BULLET JOEY - the police ...1960s US Black sl.
• THREE-BY-TWO - a Jewish man or woman ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• THREE-DOLLAR BILL - a homosexual male ...20C US sl.
• THREE-QUARTER CLIFT - a mischievous fellow ...1846 Ireland
• THREE-QUARTER MAN - 1. a boy or man not equal to full work owing to age, infirmity, etc. ...1901 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a well-grown, strong lad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THREE-STRIPER - 1. a commander ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
  - 2. in the army a sergeant  ...1917 sl.
• THRIBBLE-LIP - a person with thick lips ...1936 Amer. dial.
• THRIBLET - a triplet ...1941 Amer. dial.
• THRIN - one of three children born at one birth, a triplet ...1805 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THROAT-CUTTER - a cutthroat ...1735 Sc.
• THROB - someone of either sex who thrills the heart - lover, esp. used of film stars and other entertainers ...1910s sl.
• THRODDY - a plump, thriving child ...1825 Eng. dial.
• THRODDY MAY - a plump, good-looking girl ...1939 Amer. dial.
• THROTTLEBOTTOM - a harmless incompetent in public office ...20C
• THROTTLE-POKE - a grasping, avaricious, grasping person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUGGIL - a short, stunted person - a dwarf ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUM - a naughty child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUMBLE - a large, clumsy lump of a fellow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRUM-CUTTER - a weaver ...1838 Sc.
• THRUMMER - 1. a contemptible musician ...Bk1905 Sc.
  - 2. an itinerant musician ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRUMP - a gossip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUM-YED - a foolish fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUNK-WIFE - a person busy over trifles ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUT - a term of contemptuous familiarity for a boon companion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH - a term of contemptuous familiarity for a boon companion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCHER - a term of contemptuous familiarity for a boon companion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH-PUDDINS - a chubby person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH-UP - a sponger ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUCKEEN - a pet name for a young girl ...1867 Ireland
• THUMB-KNOCKER - an inexpert carpenter ...1962 Amer. dial.
• THUMB-POUNDER - an inexpert carpenter ...1951 Amer. dial.
• THUMMART - † a term of contempt applied to a curious or peculiar person ...1822 Sc.
• THUMPKIN - † a clown or bumpkin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THUSKER - a person who does anything with great energy and spirit ...1884 Eng. dial.
• THWAKER - a Quaker ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THWART - a cross, ill-tempered person ...1852 Eng. dial.
• TIB - 1. † formerly, a typical name for a woman of the lower classes - a common woman ...1533
  - 2. † a girl or lass - a sweetheart ...1582
  - 3. † a mistress - a young woman of loose character - a strumpet - a prostitute ...1582
  - 4. a term of endearment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIBBY - a term of endearment ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIBBY-LAMB - a term of endearment applied pitifully to a child ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TIBICEN - a flute-player ...1776 Antiq.
• TIBICINIST - * a flute-player ...1846
• TICCHEN - † a kid, a young goat ...c950
• TICER - an enticer ...a1529
• TICK - 1. a contemptible person ...1631 sl.
  - 2. one who is greedy or selfish ...1975 Amer. sl.
  - 3. an overweight person ...1975 Amer. sl.
• TICKLE-BRAIN - † one who supplies potent liquor ...1596
• TICKLE-PITCHER - a thirsty fellow - a heavy drinker - a drunkard - a sot ...a1700 sl.
• TICKLER -. a shrewd, cunning person - a difficult person to  deal with ...1887 Sc.
• TICKLE-TAIL - 1. † a loose or wanton woman ...c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
  - 2. one who tickles the 'tail' - a schoolmaster ...1785 sl.
• TICKLE-TAIL FUNCTION - a prostitute ...L17 sl.
• TICKLE-TEXT - a parson ...1785 sl.
• TICKLE-TOBY - a promiscuous woman ...L17 sl.
• TICKNEY-MAN - an itinerant vendor of coarse, common earthenware ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKSY-WICKSY - a baby ...1864
• TICO - a person from Costa Rica ...1905 sl., chiefly US
• TID - 1. a girl or woman ...1888
  - 2. a term of affection or endearment ...1896 Sc.
• TIDDLING - a delicate child needing care ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDDLYWINKER - a cheat; a trifler ...1893 sl.
• TIDDY - a sister - also, a term or term of address for a woman ...1864 Amer. dial.
• TIDDY BABY - a whiner, a crybaby ...1996 Amer. dial.
• TIDDY-DOLL - a spoiled, babyish, dressed-up girl or woman - a slattern - a woman who is not domesticated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDE-WAITER - 1. a customs officer who awaited the arrival of ships (formerly coming in with the tide), and boarded them to prevent the evasion of the custom-house regulations ...1699 now Hist.
  - 2. one who waits for a favourable season ...1841
• TIDLING - † a pampered or spoiled child - a darling - a pet - a young, delicate, or puny child in need of special care - a weakling ...1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIER-RANGER - a (Thames) river thief ...1858
• TIFFLER - 1. † a trifler - one who potters about ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
  - 2. one who does little jobs cleverly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIFFY - an engine room artificer ...1899 nautical sl.
• TIFFY-TAFFY - a trifler - a dawdler - one who works in an idle, trifling fashion ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TIGER - 1. a person of fierce, cruel, rapacious, or bloodthirsty disposition - also, a person of very great activity, strength, or courage ...1500-20
  - 2. † a smartly-liveried boy acting as groom or footman - formerly often provided with standing-room on a small platform behind the carriage, and a strap to hold on by - generally, an outdoor boy-servant ...c1817 sl.
  - 3. † a vulgarly or obtrusively overdressed person ...1827 sl.
  - 4. † a sponger - a hanger-on - a parasite - a rake - a swell-mobsman ...1849 sl.
  - 5. a menial labourer ...1865 sl.
  - 6. a sheep shearer ...1865 Aust. sl.
  - 7. a captain's personal steward ...1929 nautical sl.
• TIGER-HUNTER - a gambler ...1896 US sl.
• TIGERLING - a young boy ...1858
• TIGHT COOPER - a cooper who makes casks for liquids ...1889
• TIGHT-GAL - a close female friend ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TIGHT-MAN - a close male friend ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TIGHTWAD - a mean person ...1906 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• TIGRESS - 1. a fierce, cruel, or tiger-like woman ...1700 
  - 2. a treacherous person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
  - 3. † a vulgarly or obtrusively dressed woman ...1836
• TIGSER a person who is quick in motion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. sl.
• TIKE - 1. an overgrown man - an awkward, clumsy fellow - an odd, queer or eccentric person - a cantankerous person ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 2. a mischievous, tiresome child or boy - a term of reproach applied half playfully to children ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 3. a rough, ill-mannered, churlish fellow - generally used as a term of reproach ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 4. a Yorkshireman ...1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 5. a gallant, male or female ...1899 Eng. dial.
  - 6. (derogatory) a Roman Catholic ...1902 Aust. & NZ sl.
• TILE - an audacious thief - a mischievous person - esp. applied to young people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TILER - † a shoplifter ...1659 sl.
• TILIE - † one who tills or cultivates the soil - a husbandman ...c1000
• TILLADUMOITE - a handloom weaver ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TILLAGER - a seller of compost or manure ...1863 Eng. dial.
• TILLICUM - a person, esp. an associate or friend ...1868 Amer. dial.
• TILLMAN - † a man employed in tillage - a farmer or husbandman - a ploughman - a peasant - a tiller of the soil ...940
• TILLOCRAT - a ruling member of an agricultural class ...1858 nonce word
• TILLSMAN - † a 'tillman' ...1561-2
• TILL-TAPPER - one who steals from a till ...1893
• TIM - 1. † a term of personal abuse ...1610
  - 2. used by Protestants as a nickname for a Roman Catholic ...1958 Sc. sl.
• TIMBER BEAST - a lumberjack or logger - rarely, a lumber-mill worker ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TIMBER-CHEEK - a term of abuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIMBER-HEAD - a blockhead - a term of reproach ...1882 Eng. dial.
• TIMBERMAN - 1. † a man who supplies or deals in timber ...1429
  - 2. † one who makes things of timber; a carpenter ...1466 Sc.
• TIMBER-TASTER - † a dockyard official formerly employed in testing the measurement, soundness, and quality of timber ...1806
• TIMBER-TOE - a wooden-legged man ...1785 sl.
• TIMBER-TOES - a wooden-legged man ...1785 sl.
• TIMBER-TURNER - † a player at bowls ...1599
• TIMBER WOLF - a lumberjack or logger - rarely, a lumber-mill worker ...1926 Amer. dial.
• TIMBESTER - a female performer on the 'timbrel' (a musical instrument of percussion; a tambourine or the like that could be help up in the hand) ...a1366
• TIM BOBBIN - an inhabitant of South Lancashire ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. jocular
• TIMBRELLER - a performer on the 'timbrel' ...1833
• TIMBRER - †* a timbrel-player ...c1425
• TIMBROMANIAC - one who has a mania for collecting stamps ...1865
• TIMBROMANIST - one who has a mania for collecting stamps ...1880
• TIMBROPHILIST - one who collects stamps ...1867
• TIMDOODLE - a term of contempt applied to a stupid, silly fellow ...1806 Eng. dial.
• TIME-FELLOW - † a contemporary ...1638
• TIMELING - † a time-server ...1563
• TIME-LOSER - one who wastes time ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TIME-MAKER - one who lies in wait for the opportunity of effecting a certain purpose ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIMER - †* one who is skilled in time or measure - a musician ...c1500
• TIME-SERVER - 1. †* one who serves only for a time, and afterwards deserts or 'falls away' ...a1575
  - 2. one who adapts his conduct to the time or season - usually, one who on grounds of self-interest shapes
• TIME-TAKER - 1. † one who adapts his conduct to the time or season; usually, one who on grounds of self-interest shapes his conduct in conformity to the views that are in favour at the time...1630-56
  - 2. a shuffling, cheating fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIME-WAITER - one who awaits a favourable turn of events ...1859
• TIMIST - 1. † one who follows or complies with the humour of the time - a time-server ...a1613
  - 2. one who keeps correct time in music ...1765
  - 3. * a chronologer ...1897
• TIMON - a misanthrope - a person who dislikes humans and avoids human society ...1588
• TIMONEER - * a helmsman - a steersman ...1762-9
• TIMONIST - a misanthrope ...1602
• TIMORIST - †* ? a timist - a time-server ...c1620
• TINDERBOX - a person who is highly excitable, explosive, etc. ...1598
• TIN EAR - 1. an eavesdropper ...1910s Aust. & US sl.
  - 2. a fool - a simpleton ...1930s Aust. & US sl.
• TIN-EAR LAD OF TIN-PAN ALLEY - a songwriter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TINER - † a loser ...1540 Sc. obs. or arch.
• TIN GOD - a person who considers himself or herself infallible and tries to impose judgements, beliefs, standards of behaviour, etc., on subordinates - a self-important, dictatorial person in a position of authority, as an employer, military officer, critic, or teacher
• TIN GRIN - a person wearing orthodontic braces ...1970s sl.
• TINHORN - 1. someone, esp. a gambler, who pretends to be important but actually has little money,  influence, or skill ...1880 sl.
  - 2. a pretentious or flashy person ...1887 US sl.
• TINHORN SPORT - a contemptible person ...1906 US sl.
• TINKER - 1. a craftsman (usually itinerant) who mends pots, kettles, and other metal household utensils ...c1265
  - 2. in Scotland and north of Ireland, the ordinary name for a gypsy ...1561
  - 3. † a vagabond - a tramp - a reputed thief ...1561
  - 4. a clumsy or inefficient mender - a botcher ...1644-7
  - 5. a jack-of-all-trades ...1905 US
  - 6. a beggar ...Sc., Irish
  - 7. a wanderer ...Sc., Irish
  - 8. an unskilful or clumsy worker - a bungler
  - 9. any itinerant worker ...Sc., Irish
• TINKERER - one who tinkers or works at mending something in a clumsy or ineffective way ...1894
• TINKLER - 1. a tinker - a worker in metal; in Scotland, north of England, and Ireland - a gypsy or other itinerant mender of pots, pans, and metal-work ...c1175 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
  - 2. a rhymester ...1840
• TIN KNOCKER - a tinsmith - a plumber ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TIN LID - a child ...1905 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'kid'
• TINMAN - a very rich man; a millionaire ...L19 sporting sl.
• TINNY-HUNTER - a thief who robs people whose homes are burning down, while pretending to give assistance ...L18 sl.
• TIN PLATE - a friend ...20C rhyming sl. for 'mate'
• TIN-POTTER - an idler, one who shirks their duties by claiming to be ill ...1867 nautical sl.
• TINSEL TEETH - a person wearing orthodontic braces ...1970s US students' sl.
• TIN SOLDIER - a prostitute's client, usually middle-class or upper-class, who doesn't want sex but only to act  as a servant or 'slave' to the prostitute ...1970s sl.
• TIN STAR - a private detective ...20C US sl.
• TINTINNABULIST - a professional bell-ringer ...1830
• TINY - 1. a very small child - a tiny one - an infant ...1863
  - 2. a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
  - 3. a very young member of a youth gang ...1981 US sl.
• TINY GANGSTER - a young member of a youth gang ...1989 US sl.
• TIO TACO - (derogatory) a Mexican-American who curries favour with the dominant White culture - a Mexican who is considered insufficiently nationalistic by others ...1969 US sl.
• TIPPEE - the receiver of a tip or gratuity ...1897
• TIPPERARY FORTUNE - an Irish woman with no fortune other than her body ...L18
• TIPPER GORE - one who is narrow-minded, puritanical, or repressive ...1990s US teen sl.
• TIPPET - a generous person - someone who treats their companions ...16C
• TIPPET-CAPTAIN - † a contemptuous nickname for a priest or ecclesiastic ...1550
• TIPPET-KNIGHT - † a contemptuous nickname for a priest or ecclesiastic ...1550
• TIPPET-MAN - † a contemptuous nickname for a priest or ecclesiastic ...1550
• TIPPLER - 1. † a retailer of ale and other intoxicating liquor - a tapster - a tavern-keeper ...1396
  - 2. a relatively restrained drinker of alcohol ...1580 
• TIPPY-BOB - a smart, fashionably-dressed person - a fop ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TIPPYBOBS - a term of utmost contempt for the upper or wealthy classes ...B1900 Amer.
• TIPSIFICATOR - one who makes tipsy - one who gets drunk ...1873 nonce word
• TIPSIFIER - one who makes tipsy - one who gets drunk ...1873 nonce word
• TIPSTER - one who systematically gives tips or gratuities ...1889
• TIP-TOE NANCY - an affected girl putting on airs ...1900 Amer. dial.
• TIPTOP or TIP-TOP - people of the highest quality or social class ...1753
• TIP-TOPPER - a first-class or excellent person ...1837
• TIP-TOPS - people of the highest quality or rank ...1753
• TIRE-BRAIN - †* one who tires the brain by constant thinking ...1589
• TIRELING - † one who is easily tired out with work or exercise - a tired person ...1590
• TIRE-MAID - a woman who assists at a lady's toilet; a lady's maid ...1871
• TIRE-MAKER - †. a head-dress-maker ...1611
• TIRE-MAN - 1. † a man in charge of the costumes at a theatre ...1599
  - 2. † a man who assists at the toilet - a dresser or valet - also, a tailor ...1711
• TIRER - * one who attires or dresses ...1862
• TIRE-WOMAN - 1. a woman who assists at a lady's toilet - a lady's maid ...1615 arch.
  - 2. † a woman employed in the making or sale of women's clothing - a dressmaker - a costumer ...c1626
• TIRING-WOMAN - a lady's maid ...1732 arch.
• TIRLER OF SQUARE BONES - † a thrower of dice - a dicer ...1609
• TIRO - a beginner or learner in anything - one who is learning or who has mastered the rudiments only of any branch of knowledge - a novice ...1611
• TISTITOSTIE - † a swaggering or blustering fellow ...1598
• TISTI-TOSTIE-FELLOW - † a swaggerer ...1598
• TISTY-TOSTY - † a swaggering or blustering fellow ...1598
• TIT - 1. a girl or young woman ...1599
  - 2. a woman of loose character - a licentious woman - a hussy - a minx ...1599
  - 3. † a lad or young man ...1599
  - 4. a foolish person ...1947 sl.
• TITA - 1. a sister ...1967 Hawaii
  - 2. an immoral woman ...1967 Hawaii
• TITAN - someone of gigantic stature or strength, physical or intellectual - an excellent person ...1828
• TITANESS - a female of great, strength, intellect, or importance ...1596
• TITANOLATER - an admirer of titanic attributes ...1846
• TITHE-MAN - 1. †* anciently, the chief man of a tithing - a headborough ...c1450
  - 2. †* one who pays tithes ...1680
  - 3. a collector of tithes ...1747
• TITHER - 1. * one who pays tithes ...c1386
  - 2. an exactor or receiver of tithes - also a supporter of the system of ecclesiastical tithes ...1591
• TITHINGMAN - 1. anciently, the chief man of a tithing - a headborough - in later use, a parish peace-officer, or petty constable ...946
  - 2. † a chief or ruler of ten ...c1000
  - 3. a collector of tithes ...1625
• TITIVIL - 1. † a term of reproach - a bad or vile character - a scoundrel or villain - a worthless knave ...c1420
  - 2. † a mischievous talebearer - a tattling telltale ...1523
• TITIVILLER - 1. †* a bad or vile character - a scoundrel - a rogue - a rascal - a knave -a villain ...1500
  - 2. †* a tattling telltale - a mischievous talebearer - one who spreads scandal ...1581
• TITLARK - a spectator - a witness ...1799 sl.
• TIT-MAN or TITMAN - 1. a person, usually male, who is literally or figuratively stunted - a dwarf - the smallest or youngest or least significant in a family or other group ...1818 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a male more interested in a woman's breasts than her legs, etc. ...c1910 sl.
• TITMOUSE - a small, petty, or insignificant person ...1596
• TITS-MAN - a male more interested in a woman's breasts than her legs, etc. ...c1910 sl.
• TITTA - a sister - also, a term or term of address for a woman ...1883 Amer. dial.
• TITTER - 1. a young woman or girl ...1812 sl.
  - 2. a sister - also, a term or term of address for a woman ...1897 Amer. dial.
  - 3. a man who spends much time with girls or is highly attracted to them ...E20 US sl.
• TITTERER - 1. † a tattler - a telltale ...1377
  - 2. one who laughs restrainedly - a giggler ...1828
• TITTER-TOTTER - † one who totters, reels, or staggers ...a1700
• TITTERY-TU - † one of an association of well-to-do 'roughs' who infested London streets in the 17th century ...1623
• TITTIE - a sister - a young woman or girl ...1725 Sc.
• TITTIE AND BILLIE - sister and brother ...18C Sc.
• TITTLE-GOOSE - a foolish, tattling person - a telltale - a foolish blab ...1807 Eng. dial.
• TITTLER - † one who tattles - a whisperer - a telltale - a talebearer - a gossip ...1399 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TITTLE-TATTLE - † a habitual tattler - one given up to gossip - esp. a woman so addicted ...1580
• TITTLE-TATTLER - one addicted to tattling - an idle talker - a gossip ...1600
• TITTUP - a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl - a hussy - a minx ...1762 Eng. dial.
• TITTY - a sister - a young woman or girl ...1725 Sc.
• TITTY BABY - 1. a nursing infant ...1973 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a whiner - a crybaby ...1996 Amer. dial.
• TITTY CHILD - a nursing infant ...1973 Amer. dial.
• TITTYRY - † one of an association of well-to-do 'roughs' who infested London streets in the 17th century ...1623
• TITTY-UP - a pert, impudent or forward woman or girl - a hussy - a minx ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TITYRE-TU - † one of an association of well-to-do 'roughs' who infested London streets in the 17th century ...1623
• TIZZIE LISH - a woman who overdresses, or spends too much on clothes ...1995 Amer. dial.
• TOAD - 1. someone who is hateful, loathsome, or contemptible ...a1548
  - 2. an inferior person ...a1568
  - 3. a term of endearment, esp. of a child or young woman ...1768 Sc.
  - 4. a term of contempt for an objectionable, trouble-making person ...1793 Sc.
  - 5. a servile flatterer - a toady ...1831
  - 6. a small child, used affectionately ...1836 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-EATER - 1. one who eats toads - originally, the attendant of a charlatan, employed to eat or pretend to eat toads (held to be poisonous) to enable his master to exhibit his skill in expelling poison ...1629
  - 2. a fawning flatterer - a parasite - a sycophant - a toady ...1742
  - 3. * a humble friend or dependant - a female companion or attendant  used contemptuously ...1744
• TOADER - * a servile flatterer - a sycophant - a parasite - a toady ...1842
• TOAD'S-GUTS - † a term of abuse ...1634
• TOAD-UNDER-A-HARROW - a person under constant oppression or persecution ...1825
• TOADY - a servile parasite - a sycophant - an interested flatterer - also, a humble dependant ...1826
• TOAST - † one who drinks to excess - a boon companion - a brisk old fellow fond of his glass ...c1670 sl.
• TOBACCANALIAN - one who indulges in tobacco; a smoker ...1855
• TOBACCHIAN - † a person addicted to tobacco ...1597
• TOBACCO BARON - a prisoner who controls the supply of cigarettes to other prisoners, and so dominates them ...1964 sl.
• TOBACCO-FELLOW - † a companion in tobacco-smoking - a fellow smoker ...1616
• TOBACCOITE - an advocate of tobacco ...1898
• TOBACCO-MAN - † a man who sells tobacco - a tobacconist ...1618 now rare or obs.
• TOBACCONALIAN - a person addicted to tobacco smoking ...1855
• TOBACCONER - 1. † a smoker of tobacco ...1616
  - 2. † a seller of tobacco ...1701
• TOBACCONIST - † a person addicted to the use of tobacco - a habitual tobacco-smoker ...1599
• TOBACCOPHIL - a lover of tobacco ...1882
• TOBACCOPHILE - a lover of tobacco ...1882
• TOBACCO-WORM - one who chews or smokes tobacco to excess - one who uses snuff ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TOBY-GILL - a highwayman ...1812 thieves' sl.
• TOBYMAN - a highwayman ...1812 thieves' sl.
• TOCKO - a person of Yugoslavian descent ...1944 Amer. dial.
• TOCOLOGIST - one versed in tocology; an obstetrician ...1902
• TOD - a person likened to a fox - a crafty or sly person ...1500-20 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TODDLE - a toddling child - an infant ...1825
• TODDLEKINS - a toddling child - an infant ...1879
• TODDLES - a toddling child - an infant ...1825
• TODDLESKIN - a toddling child - an infant ...1890
• TODIE - † a term of endearment for a child ...1808 Sc.
• TOD'S BAIRNS - children or persons of a bad stock, an evil brood ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOD'S BIRDS - children or persons of a bad stock, an evil brood ...1589 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TOE-RAG - an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1912 Brit. sl.
• TOE-RAGGER - a tramp - a vagrant ...1891 Aust. sl.
• TO-FALL - a dependant ...1822 Sc.
• TOFF - a person of the upper classes, esp. wealthy and smartly dressed ...1851 Brit, sl.
  - 2. a good sort - an excellent or admirable person ...1898 Brit. sl.
• TOFFEE-NOSE - a snob, a pretentious person ...1943 Brit. sl.
• TOFFY - a Black person ...1630s US Black sl.
• TOGETHER-WORKER - † a co-worker - a collaborator ...1581 nonce word
• TOGGER - a boy not yet two years in the School ...c1896 Harrow School usage
• TOG-MAKER - a tailor ...1901
• TOILER - a hard-working person ...1549
• TOJO - a Japanese soldier ...1942 services' sl.
• TOKEN - an odd ridiculous person ...1825 Sc.
• TOKENER - † one who portends or prognosticates ...1513
• TOLLER - 1. † a tax-gatherer ...c1000
  - 2. † one who entices or instigates ...c1440 obs.
  - 3. a horse-stealer ...L16 sl.
• TOLNER - † a tax-gatherer ...c1050
• TOLPATCH - a foot-soldier ...1705
• TOLPATZ - a foot-soldier ...1705
• TOM - 1. a clown ...1820
  - 2. a woman - a young woman - a girlfriend ...1906 Aust. sl.
  - 3. a prostitute ...1941 police and criminal sl.
  - 4. a subservient Black person, fitting willingly into the stereotyped and inferior image refined by generations of White supremacy - a middle-class Black who wishes to distance himself from the ghetto; an affected or pretentious Black person ...1959 sl.
  - 8. a Black man ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOM ASTONER - a dashing fellow ...1706
• TOMATO - a sexually attractive woman ...1929 sl., orig. US
• TOMBOY - 1. † a rude, boisterous, or forward boy ...a1553
  - 2. † a bold or immodest woman ...1579
  - 3. a wild, romping girl ...1592
• TOMCAT - a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOMCATTER - a man who is out searching for a willing sexual companion - a philanderer ...1947 Amer. dial.
• TOM CONNEY - a simpleton - a ninny - a very silly fellow ...a1700
• TOM CONY - a simpleton - a ninny - a very silly fellow ...a1700
• TOM DINGLE - a poor, wretched fellow ...1711
• TOM DOUBLE - a shuffler - an equivocator ...1705
• TOMECIDE - a destroyer of books ...1849 nonce word
• TOM FARTHING - a fool - a simpleton ...1689
• TOMFOOL - 1. † a man mentally deficient - a half-witted person ...1565
  - 2. a buffoon - also, a butt - a laughingstock ...1650
  - 3. a foolish or stupid person - one who behaves foolishly ...1721
• TOM LONG - one who takes a long time in coming, or in finishing his tale - a tiresome story-teller ...1631
• TOM MOLLY - an effeminate man - a male homosexual ...L17 sl.
• TOMMY - 1. a simpleton - a fool ...1829
  - 2. a British private soldier ...1884 sl.
  - 3. a girl ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TOMMY ATKINS - a typical private soldier in the British army ...1883
• TOMMY-BUSTER - one who takes women by storm ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOMMY-NODDY - a foolish or stupid person ...1828
• TOM-NODDY - a foolish or stupid person - a blockhead, dunce, dolt, or simpleton ...1828
• TOM-NODDY - a fool
• TOM O' BEDLAM - † a madman - a deranged person discharged from Bedlam and licensed to beg ...1561
• TOM OF ALL TRADES - a Jack of all trades ...1631
• TO-MORROWER - one who puts off till tomorrow; a procrastinator ...1810
• TOM PAT - a parson ...c1700 sl.
• TOM PEPPER - a liar ...1867 nautical usage
• TOM-RIG - † a strumpet - a romping girl - a tomboy ...1668
• TOM TAILOR - a tailor ...1820
• TOM-TART - a sweetheart ...Aust. obs. rhyming sl.
• TOM TELLTRUTH - a truthful person ...1600
• TOM THUMB - 1. a dwarf or pygmy of popular tradition or fable - hence, a dwarf or diminutive male person - also contemptuously, a petty or insignificant person ...1579
  - 2. a nickname for a short person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOM TILER - any ordinary man - also, a henpecked husband ...1582
• TOM-TIT - a little man or boy ...1741
• TOM TOWLY - a simpleton ...1582
• TOM TRAM - a buffoon - a jester ...1689
• TOM TUG - a fool - a soft-head ...Bk1891 sl.
• TOM TURDMAN - the man who hauls away excrement - a cleaner of privies ...L18 Brit. sl.
• TOM TYLER - any ordinary man - also, a henpecked husband ...1582
• TON - * people of fashion - fashionable society ...1815
• TONE-POET - a musical composer ...1901
• TONEY - † a foolish person - a simpleton ...1654 sl.
• TONGUE-FENCER - a debater - a skilful disputant - an argumentative person ...1675
• TONGUE-HERO - a braggart ...1800 nonce word
• TONGUEMAN - a speaker, an orator ...1594
• TONGUE OF THE TRUMP - the most important person or thing - the principal person in any undertaking - the leader ...1820 Sc.
• TONGUE-PAD - a talkative person - a chatterer - a prattler ...a1700 Eng. dial. & sl.
• TONGUER - a speaker, a talker, an utterer ...1822
• TONGUESMAN - * a speaker - an orator ...1596
• TONGUESTER - a talkative person - a great talker - a gossip - a babbler - a chatterer ...1871
• TONGUE-THIEF - a slanderer ...1899 Sc.
• TONICHEAD - a heavy drinker ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TONK - 1. a foolish person ...1941 sl., chiefly Aust.
  - 2. a homosexual ...1943 Aust. sl.
  - 3. an effeminate, weak, or ineffectual person ...Aust. sl.
• TONSOR - 1. a barber ...1656
  -  2. † a clipper of coin - one who mutilates coins ...1697
• TONTO - 1. an American Indian or Black man who is submissive towards White culture ...1972 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a crazy or eccentric person ...1973 sl., orig. US
  - 3. (derogatory) a nickname for an American Indian man ...1982 Amer. dial.
• TONTON - an uncle, used as a title or term of address ...1969 French Canadian
• TONY - 1. † a foolish person - a simpleton ...1654 sl.
 - 2. a nickname for an Italian or Mexican man ...1907 Amer. dial.
• TOOFAH - a Black woman appointed to a post, the appointment being seen as evidence of both racial and sexual equality of opportunity ...1977 US sl.
• TOOFER - a Black woman appointed to a post, the appointment being seen as evidence of both racial and sexual equality of opportunity ...1977 US sl.
• TOOL - 1. a person used by another for his own ends; one who is, or allows himself to be, made a mere instrument for some purpose - a dupe - someone easily tricked ...1663
  - 2. an unskilful workman - a shiftless person ...a1700 Eng. dial. & sl.
  - 3. a despicable person ...sl.
  - 4. a fool ...sl.
• TOOL-MAN - a lock-picker or a safe-breaker ...1949 sl.
• TOOT - an idle or worthless person - a shiftless, lazy person - a simpleton - a fool - an oaf ...1888 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TOOTER - 1. † one who gazes - a watchman - a peeper ...1382
  - 2. a drunkard who frequently goes on a 'toot' or drinking spree ...E20 Brit. sl.
• TOOTH CARPENTER - a dentist ...1846 Amer. dial.
• TOOTH DENTIST - a dentist ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TOOTH-DOCTOR - a dentist ...1767
• TOOTH-DRAWER - one who extracts teeth, a dentist; now contemptuous ...1393
• TOOTH JUMPER - one who extracts teeth with a mallet and punch ...1931 Amer. dial.
• TOOTHPICK - a person from Arkansas ...1872 Amer. dial.
• TOOTHPICKER - a person from Arkansas ...1846 Amer. dial.
• TOOTLER - a writer of twaddle - one who is verbose ...1883
• TOOTS - darling - sweetheart - a young woman - a girlfriend ...1936 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• TOOTSEY-WOOTSEY - a young woman - a girlfriend - a term of address ...1895 sl., chiefly US
• TOOTSIE - darling - sweetheart - a young woman - a girlfriend - a term of address ...1895 sl., chiefly US
• TOOTSIE-WOOTSIE - a young woman - a girlfriend - a term of address ...1895 sl., chiefly US
• TOOTSY - darling - sweetheart - a young woman - a girlfriend - a term of address ...1895 sl., chiefly US
• TOOTSY-WOOTSY - a loved one - a sweetheart ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• TOP - 1. the head of a clan, family, etc. ...1612
  - 2. † a sound sleeper ...c1616
  - 3. members of the highest social class ...1887
  - 4. a top sergeant ...1898 US military sl.
• TOPARCH - the ruler or prince of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty 'king' ...1640
• TOP BANANA - 1. the leading comedian in vaudeville, burlesque, etc. ...sl. chiefly US
  - 2. the leader - the boss - the person in charge ...1974 sl., chiefly US
• TOP BRASS - applied to officers of high rank in the armed services - hence, any group of people of high rank ...1949 sl., orig. US 
• TOP CAT - the most powerful or important person ...colloq.
• TOP CUTTER - a first sergeant ...1898 US military sl.
• TOP DOG - the winner, leader, or dominant person - the person in charge ...1900
• TOPER - one who drinks a great deal - a hard drinker - a drunkard ...1673 now chiefly literary
• TOPGALLANT - a ladies' man - a philanderer ...1701 nonce word
• TOP HAT - an important person - a bigwig ...1946 Amer. dial.
• TOPIARIST -. one skilled in landscape-gardening ...1910
• TOPIARIUS - one skilled in landscape-gardening ...1706
• TOPKICK - a sergeant in the military ...1898 military sl.
• TOP KICKER - a first sergeant ...1898 US military sl.
• TOP-LINER - an entertainer who is important enough to be the star of a show ...Brit. theatre, colloq.
• TOPMAN - † a hangman ...1607 sl.
• TOP-NOTCHER - a first-rate or excellent person ...1902
• TOP-OFF - one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities - an informer ...1941 Aust. sl.
• TOP-OFF MAN - one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities - an informer ...1941 Aust. sl.
• TOP-OFF MERCHANT - one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities - an informer ...1941 Aust. sl.
• TOPPER - 1. †* a cheat at dice-playing ...1671
  - 2. an exceptionally good or excellent person ...1709 colloq.
  - 3. a first sergeant ...1918 US military sl.
  - 4. a person who excels at anything ...colloq.
  - 5. a criminal who represents the interests of a cheque forger ...1956 UK sl.
• TOPPLER - a tumbler - an acrobat ...a1825 Eng. dial.
• TOP-SAWYER - 1. a first-rate hand at something - a distinguished person - one who excels at something ...1823
  - 2. the leader in any profession, job, or occupation - a superior - a person of importance - the best person ...1826 sl.
  - 3. a famous or eminent person ...1854
• TOP SCREW - the foreman of a group of cowboys ...1920 Amer. dial.
• TOP SERGEANT - 1. a first sergeant ...1898 US military sl.
  - 2. a masculine lesbian ...1940s gay sl.
• TOP-SHELFER - a person or thing of the highest class - a member of the upper class ...1882
• TOPSIDER - a top-ranking executive ...1960s US sl.
• TOPSMAN - 1. a hangman ...1825 sl.
  - 2. a head man - a bailiff - a principal servant - the chief drover in charge of a herd of cattle on the road ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TOP SOLDIER - a first sergeant ...1898 US military sl.
• TOP STICK - the best regular player in a pool hall ...1990 US sl.
• TOP WADDY - the foreman of a group of cowboys ...1902 Amer. dial.
• TOP WOMAN - a senior or most favoured prostitute among a group working for a given pimp ...1940s sl.
• TOP-YOB - a pot-boy ...M19 back slang
• TORCH - an arsonist ...1938 US sl.
• TOREADOR - one who engages in a (Spanish) bullfight, esp. on horseback ...1618
• TOREUTES - a worker in toreutics - an artist in metal or ivory ...1840
• TORMENT - person who causes trouble - a mischievous person ...1784
• TORMENTRESS - a female who torments ...1426
• TORN-DOWN - a rough, riotous person ...1870 Eng. dial.
• TORNEY - † an attorney ...1490 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TORN FACE n. a person with a sulky, peevish face ...1968 Sc.
• TORN-HATTIE n. a native of Brechin in Angus - generally used derisively by the people of the neighbouring
• TORPEDO n. a professional gunman ...1929 US sl.
• TORSHENT n. the youngest child in a family ...1888 Amer. dial.
• TORTIENCE n. the youngest child in a family ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TORY-RORY - † a roisterer - a swaggerer ...B1857
• TOSEY - a nickname for a man or woman ...1926 Amer. dial.
• TOSH - a term of address to a male ...1954 Brit. sl.
• TOSHER - a man who steals copper sheathing from ships' bottoms or from dockyard stores ...Bk1892 nautical sl.
• TOSSANCE - the youngest child in a family ...1912 Amer. dial.
• TOSSER - an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1977 sl.
• TOSSIANCE - the youngest child in a family ...1912 Amer. dial.
• TOTHERSIDER or T'OTHER-SIDER - 1. a person from the eastern states of Australia ...c1872 Aust. sl.
  - 2. a convict ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• TOTTER - a rag-and-bone collector ...1891 Brit. sl.
• TOTTY - a young woman, often with an implication of promiscuity ...1890 Brit. sl.
• TOUGH - a violent person - a thug - a ruffian ...1866 sl., orig. US
• TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, A an excellent person - someone who is difficult to rival ...1975 sl., orig. US
• TOUGH CAT - a male who is very successful with women - usually said in reference to a Black male ...M20 US sl.
• TOURIST - 1. a summer worker in Antarctica ...1966 Antarctica usage
  - 2. in relation to a specified subject area: a person who takes a temporary interest ...2002 UK sl.
• TOURIST ANNIE - the stereotypical female tourist in Port of Spain, dressed in what she perceives as traditional island clothing ...1971 Trinidad and Tobago
• TOURISTER - a tourist ...1923 Amer. dial.
• TOUT - 1. in horse racing: someone who sells generally worthless advice with the promise of inside information bound to help bettors win ...1865 UK sl.
  - 2. an informer, esp. one who works for the IRA ...1979 N. Ireland
  - 3. in a confidence swindle or sales scheme: an agent who, for a commission, locates potential victims ...1988 US sl.
  - 4. a horse racing enthusiast who closely watches workouts and is generally disliked by those on the inside of the sport ...1989 Aust. sl.
• TOWDY - † a term of endearment for a child ...1808 Sc.
• TOWELHEAD - (offensive or derogatory) an Arab - also, a Sikh or other turban-wearer ...1979 US sl.
• TOWER BIRD - in oil drilling: a worker on a derrick ...1954 US sl.
• TOWHEAD - one who is considered effeminate - a 'city-slicker' ...M19 US Western sl.
• TOWIE - a tow-truck driver ...1975 Aust. sl.
• TOWLIE - (derogatory) an Arab from the Middle East ...1980s sl.
• TOWN BIKE - a sexually loose woman or prostitute - a promiscuous female ...1945 Aust. sl.
• TOWN BULL - a lecherous male - a whoremonger ...16C colloq.
• TOWN CLOWN - a police officer working in a village or small town ...1927 US sl.
• TOWN CRIER - a liar ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• TOWN DUDE - (derogatory or jocular) a city person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• TOWNER - a local resident ...1980 US circus and carnival usage
• TOWNIE - 1. a townsperson, contrasted with a visiting student or summer visitor ...1852 US sl.
  - 2. any member of a subcultural urban adolescent grouping that seems to be defined by a hip-hop dress and jewellery sense ...2004 UK sl.
• TOWN JOHNNY - a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOWN MISS - a prostitute - ‘a whore of quality’ ...M17 sl.
• TOWN-MOUSE - a dweller in a town, especially one who is unfamiliar with country life ...1857
• TOWN PUMP - a sexually loose woman a woman who is known to copulate with anyone without much persuasion ...20C colloq.
• TOWN PUNCH - an extremely promiscuous girl or woman ...1975 US sl.
• TOWN RAKE - a lecher; a whoremonger ...17C colloq.
• TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE - a local official responsible for the upkeep of public roads ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOWN STALLION - a lecher - a whoremonger ...17C colloq.
• TOWN TACK - a citified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TOW-ROW - a grenadier ...B1900 sl.
• TOY - an inexperienced or incompetent graffiti artist ...1990 US sl.
• TOY BOY - an older woman's young male partner ...1981 colloq.
• TP - a woman with large breasts and large buttocks (a Total Package) ...2000 US sl.
• TRAC - an intractable prisoner ...1967 Aust. sl.
• TRACK - a warder who carries contraband for prisoners ...1950 Aust. sl.
• TRACK-BASHER - a specialist trainspotter who travels little-used sections of the rail network ...2003 UK sl.
• TRACKER - in the television and film industries: a low-level development executive ...1997 US sl.
• TRACK LAWYER - in horse racing: someone who constantly resorts to claims of technical rule violations, the pettier the better ...1947 US sl.
• TRADDIE - a traditional jazz enthusiast ...1983 UK sl.
• TRADE - 1. a man, self-identified as heterosexual, who engages in active anal homosexual sex or passive oral homosexual sex but will not reciprocate ...1927 US sl.
  - 2. a male prostitute - a collective term for male prostitutes ...1935 sl.
  - 3. someone picked up for homosexual activity ...1935 sl.
• TRADE, THE n. 1. prostitution ...1680 sl.
• TRADE QUEEN - a homosexual man who prefers sex with a seemingly heterosexual man who consents to homosexual sex in the 'male' role, receiving only orally or giving anally ...1970 US sl.
• TRADER - a prostitute ...17C Brit. sl.
• TRAFFIC - prostitutes or prostitution ...16C euphemism
• TRAGEDY MERCHANT - an actor ...Bk1891 theatrical sl.
• TRAGEMATOPOLIST - †* a seller of sweets - a confectioner ...1656
• TRAGIC - an inferior or pathetic person ...2005 UK sl.
• TRAILER - one who rides behind a herd of animals ...1937 Amer. dial.
• TRAIL HOG - a skier who is inconsiderate of other skiers, monopolizing a narrow trail ...1963 US sl.
• TRAINER - one who romps ...1890 Amer. dial.
• TRAINSPOTTER - anyone with a pedantic interest in and an obsessive knowledge of a specific topic ...1995
• TRAITORESS - a woman who is a traitor  
• TRAITRESS - a woman who is a traitor ...1400
• TRAMMIE - a tram driver or conductor ...1919 Aust. sl.
• TRAMP - 1. a worker who moves from job to job, city, to city ...1808 UK sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) a promiscuous woman ...1922 sl., orig. US
• TRANK - a person who takes the excitement out of something - a killjoy ...1979 US sl.
• TRANNIE - a transsexual - a transvestite ...1983 sl.
• TRANNY - 1. a transvestite ...1984 UK sl.
  - 2. a transsexual ...1997 US sl.
• TRANSFORMER - a transsexual ...1991 US sl.
• TRANSVESTIE - a transvestite ...1987 US sl.
• TRANSY - a transsexual ...1987 US sl.
• TRANTRELL - an idle person, esp. a girl - a vagrant - a vagabond - a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TRANTRILL - an idle person, esp. a girl - a vagrant - a vagabond - a gypsy ...1684 Eng. dial.
• TRAP - a police officer ...1705 sl., now Aust.
• TRAPEZE ARTIST - a person engaged in simultaneous anal and oral sex ...1979 US sl.
• TRAPPER - a person who can open envelopes and reseal them without a trace ...1982 US sl.
• TRASH - a worthless or contemptible person ...1604
• TRASH MOVER - an energetic, hustling person ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TRAVELLING SALESMAN - a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TREACLE-MINER - a man who boasts of his wealth or position ...1910s Aust. sl.
• TRICHOTOMIST - a hair-cutter ...1875 nonce-word
• TRICK - 1. a small child - a woman, esp. a small or attractive one ...1887 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a casual sexual partner ...1925 sl., orig. & chiefly US
  - 3. a prostitute's client ...1925 sl.
• TRICK CYCLIST - a psychiatrist ...1930 sl.
• TRICK DOCTOR - a practitioner of hoodoo ...1871 Amer. dial.
• TRIDDLER - a woman gossiper ...1936 Amer. dial.
• TRIGGER MAN - a gunman or a hired thug or bodyguard ...1930 sl., chiefly US
• TRIM - (mainly derogatory) a woman, often with an implication of promiscuity ...1955 US sl.
• TRIPE-HOUND - a contemptible person ...1923 sl.
• TRIPLE BURGER WITH CHEESE - a very, very, very sexy woman ...1980s US campus sl.
• TRIPPER - 1. one who experiences hallucinatory effects of a drug ...1966 sl.
  - 2. one who transports illegal liquor from a still to a buyer, often in a specially modified car ...1974 Amer. dial.
• TRITON OF THE MINNOWS, A - one who appears great by contrast with the insignificance of all those around him - a man who appears big because his companions are so small ...1607
• TROG - a violent person - a thug - a ruffian ...1956 Brit. sl.
• TROLL - a person who lives in or is from Michigan's Lower Peninsula ...1994 Amer. dial.
• TROMBENICK - a boaster or braggart ...1931 US sl.
• TROMBENIK - a boaster or braggart ...1931 US sl.
• TRONK - an idiot - a foolish person ...1970s UK teen sl.
• TRONK-HEAD - an idiot - a foolish person ...1970s UK teen sl.
• TROUT - an unattractive (old) woman ...1897 sl.
• TRUB-TAIL - † a little or short, squat woman ...1706
• TRUCKER - one who grows garden produce for sale ...1856 Amer. dial.
• TRUCK GARDENER - one who grows garden produce for sale ...1844 Amer. dial.
• TRUCKLE-BED TRASH - (derogatory or jocular) small children ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TRUDGEON - a small child ...1814 Amer. dial.
• TRUDGET - a small child ...1901 Amer. dial.
• TRUEPENNY - a trusty person - an honest fellow ...1595 colloq. arch.
• TRUMP - 1. the person in charge ...1925 Aust. & NZ sl.
  - 2. a fine person - a 'brick' ...colloq.
• TRUNDLE-BED TRASH - 1. a low-class, shiftless person or group - very young, worthless people just married ...1850 Amer. dial.
  - 2. (derogatory or jocular) small children ...1853 Amer. dial.
• TRUNDLE-TAIL - † a  term of contempt applied to a person ...1614 obs. or arch.
• TRUNK PEDDLER - an itinerant peddler who carries his stock in a trunk ...1827 Amer. dial.
• TRUSTEE - a local official responsible for the upkeep of public roads ...1968 Amer. dial.
• TRUSTEE OF ROADS - a local official responsible for the upkeep of public roads ...1912 Amer. dial.
• TRUSTY TROUT - † a confidential friend - a true friend - a trusted servant ...c1661 sl.
• TRUTH-MOUTH - one who speaks only the truth ...1922 Amer. dial.
• T.T. - a teetotaller ...L19 sl.
• TUBBY - a nickname for a fat person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TUB OF GUTS - (used contemptuously) a grossly obese person - a fat person ...1906 Amer. sl.
• TUB OF LARD - a grossly fat person ...1943 Amer. sl.
• TUCKAHOE - a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge ...1816 Amer. dial.
• TUCKYHOE - a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TUCKY HOLE - a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TUFT-HUNTER - 1. an undergraduate who pursues the acquaintance of rich or titled students ...M18 sl.
  - 2. a snob - a toady - a social climber ...M19 sl.
• TUG - 1. at Eton College: a student on the foundation - a colleger as opposed to an oppidan - in wider use: a studious or academic pupil - a swot ...1864 sl.
  - 2. a swindler - a fraudulent card player or other gambler ...1896 Aust. sl.
  - 3. a confidence trickster ...L19 Aust. sl.
  - 4. a dirty, uncouth, repellent person ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
• TULIP - an innocent and naive youth - a young homosexual ...20C Brit. sl.
• TUMBLETURD - 1. a term of abuse ...1863 Amer. dial.
  - 2. an infirm or awkward, clumsy person ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TUMMY-TICKLER - a lecher - a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• TUNA - 1. a heterosexual woman who keeps company mainly with young gay men ...20C campus sl.
  - 2. a girl or young woman - a sexually attractive woman ...M20 US sl.
  - 3. a disliked person ...M20 US sl.
• TUNESMITH - a songwriter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TUNE TURNER-OUTER - a songwriter ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TUNKLEHEAD - a fool ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TUP - a cuckold ...E19 Brit. sl.
• TURD - 1. a rude nickname for a disliked person ...c1000
  - 2. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1936 sl.
• TURD BEETLE - a term of abuse ...1947 Amer. dial.
• TURDMAN - the man who hauls away excrement - a cleaner of privies ...L18 Brit. sl.
• TURD-WALLOPER - the man who carts away dung from privies ...20C Brit. sl.
• TURF-CUTTER - (derogatory) an Irishman ...20C sl.
• TURK - 1. any cruel and overbearing man ...L18 sl.
  - 2. (usually derogatory) a person of Irish birth or descent ...1914 sl., chiefly US
  - 3. an active pederast ...E20 US sl.
• TURKEY - 1. a person of Irish descent - a Catholic ...1911 Amer. dial.
  - 2. an ineffectual or incompetent person ...1951 US  sl.
• TURKEY GOBBLER - a lover or philanderer of advanced years ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TURN-ON - 1. one who pleases or delights ...1969 sl.
  - 2. a sexually attractive thing or person ...1969 sl.
• TURVEYDROP - one who poses as a perfect model of deportment - an affected person ...1877
• TUSH - 1. a wealthy, light-skinned society Black person ...1970 US Black sl.
  - 2. a light-complexioned Black person - a mulatto ...1960 Amer. dial. Black usage
• TUSH HAWK - a sophisticated person with money, clothes, and a 'line' - a city slicker - a big shot ...1934 Amer. dial.
• TUSH HOG - 1. a sophisticated person with money, clothes, and a 'line' - a city slicker - a big shot ...1934 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a tough, aggressive person - a bully - a rowdy ...1919 Amer. dial.
• TUTTLE - 1. an awkward, ill-tempered fellow - a term of contempt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a worker ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TUTU - 1. a grandparent, esp. a grandmother ...1938 Hawaii
  - 2. an aunt ...1967 Hawaii
• TUZZY-MUZZY - a person much wrapped up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TV - a transvestite ...1965 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• TWANGY BOY - a young male prostitute ...1980s US sl.
• TWANK - 1. an older man ...1960s homosexual sl.
  - 2. in prostitute usage: an older man who enjoys watching young women at work but has no personal interest in sex ...1960s sl.
• TWAT - an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1929 sl.
• TWATTLE-BASKET - one who does nothing but twattle - an idle chatterer - a chatterbox - a babbler ...1715
• TWEEDLER - a swindler or confidence trickster ...1925 sl.
• TWEEDLETOE - a person who places one foot over the other in walking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TWEENEY - a maidservant assisting both the cook and the housemaid ...1888
• TWEENIE - a maidservant assisting both the cook and the housemaid ...1888
• TWEENY - a maidservant assisting both the cook and the housemaid ...1888
• TWERP - a foolish person ...1874 sl.
• TWICER - 1. a person who goes to both matins and evensong services at church ...L19 sl.
  - 2. a cheat or a deceitful or cunning person ...1924 sl.
• TWIDDLEPOOP - an effeminate-looking fellow ...1834 sl.
• TWIGGER - 1.  an unchaste or lascivious person - a wanton person of either sex - a strumpet - a harlot - a fornicator - a wencher ...1594
  - 2. a man who cuts twigs off the birch tree and makes them into bundles ...1814 Eng. dial.
• TWILLY - an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• TWINK - 1. a sharp, shrewish, grasping woman ...1887 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a jerk - an incompetent fool ...20C US sl.
  - 3. any odd person ...20C US sl.
  - 4. (derogatory) a male homosexual - an effeminate man ...1963 US sl.
• TWINKIE - (derogatory) a male homosexual - an effeminate man ...1963 US sl.
• TWINKY - (derogatory) a male homosexual - an effeminate man ...1963 US sl.
• TWIRL - 1. a prison warder ...1891 sl.
  - 2. a woman; a girl ...20C US rhyming sl.
• TWIRP - a foolish person ...1874 sl.
• TWIST - (often derogatory) a young woman ...1926 rhyming sl. for 'twist-and-twirl = girl', chiefly US
• TWIST-AND-TWIRL - (often derogatory) a young woman ...1924 rhyming sl. for 'girl', chiefly US
• TWISTER - 1. a swindler or deceitful person ...1897 Brit. sl.
  - 2. a one who breaks wild horses to the saddle ...1904 Amer. dial.
• TWIT - a foolish person ...1934 sl., chiefly Brit.
• TWITTLE-TWAT - †* a chatterer - one who talks nonsense - a tattler - a babbler ...1662
• TWO-AND-ONE-HALF STRIPER - a lieutenant commander ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• TWO-BIT HOLE - an immoral woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TWO-BIT WHORE - 1. an immoral woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a woman who uses a lot of cosmetics ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TWO-BY-FOUR - a person of no importance ...1946 Amer. dial.
• TWOFAH - a Black woman appointed to a post, the appointment being seen as evidence of both racial and sexual equality of opportunity ...1977 US sl.
• TWOFER - a Black woman appointed to a post, the appointment being seen as evidence of both racial and sexual equality of opportunity ...1977 US sl.
• TWO-MAMA PAPA - a philanderer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TWO NICK - a baby girl ...c1860 printers' sl.
• TWO NITCH - a baby girl ...c1860 printers' sl.
• TWOPENNY UPRIGHT - a prostitute ...1958 sl.
• TWO-POT SCREAMER - someone who easily becomes drunk ...1959 Aust. sl.
• TWO-STRIPER - 1. a senior lieutenant ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
  - 2. in the army a corporal ...1917 sl.
• TWOT - an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1929 sl.
• TWO-TIMER - someone who double-crosses or is unfaithful ...1927 sl., orig. US
• TWO-TOILET IRISH - middle-class descendants of lower-class Irish immigrants ...1973 Amer. dial.
• TWO-WAY GUY - a treacherous person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TYEE - a high-ranking or important person ...1792 N. Amer. sl.
• TYHEE - a high-ranking or important person ...1792 N. Amer. sl.
• TYKE - 1. a person from Yorkshire ...a1700 Brit. sl.
  - 2. an overgrown man - an awkward, clumsy fellow - an odd, queer or eccentric person - a cantankerous person ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 3. a mischievous, tiresome child or boy - a term of reproach applied half playfully to children ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 4. a rough, ill-mannered, churlish fellow - generally used as a term of reproach ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 5. a gallant, male or female ...1899 Eng. dial.
  - 6. (derogatory) a Roman Catholic ...1902 Aust. & NZ sl.
  - 7. a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TYPER - a typist ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TYRO - a beginner or learner in anything - one who is learning or who has mastered the rudiments only of any branch of knowledge - a novice ...1611