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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
: T
E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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T.Y.C.
T-Rule
Tab
Tabard
Tabardar
Tabarin
Tabby
Tabla Rasa
Table
Table d'Hote
Table Money
Table-Turning
Tableaux Vivants
Tabooed
Taborites
Tabouret
Tabulae Toletanae
Tace
Tachebrune
Taenia Rationis
Tae'-pings
Taffata
Taffy
Tag Rag, and Bobtail
Taghairm
Taherites
Tail
Tails
Tailors
Tailor's Sword
Take a Back Seat
Take a Hair of the Dog that Bit You
Take in Tow
Take Mourning
Take Tea with Him
Takin' the Beuk
Taking On
Taking a Sight
Taking Time by the Forelock
Talbotype
Tale
Tale of a Tub
Talent
Tales
Talgol
Talisman
Talk
Talk Shop
Talkee Talkee
Talking Bird
Tall Men
Talleyrand
Tally
Tally-ho!
Tallyman
Talmud
Talpot
Talus
Tam-o'-Shanter's Mare
Tamarisk
Tame Cat
Tamerlane
Taming of the Shrew
Tammany
Tammany Ring
Tammuz
Tancred
Tandem
Tandem D.O.M
Tangie
Tanist
Tanist Stone
Tankard of October
Tanner
Tanner of Tamworth
Tannhauser
Tansy
Tantalise
Tantalos
Tanthony
Tantum Ergo
Taou
Tap the Admiral
Tap the Till
Tap-up Sunday
Tapis
Tapisserie
Tappit-hen
Tapster
Tapu
Tarabolus
Tarakee
Tarantism
Tarantula
Tarentella
Tariff
Tarpaulins
Tarpeian Rock
Tarred
Tarring and Feathering
Tarrinzeau Field
Tartan Plaid
Tartar
Tartaros
Tartuffe
Tassel-Gentle
Tasselled Gentleman
Tatianists
Tatterdemalion
Tattoo
Tau
Taurus
Tawdry
Tawny
Taylor
Taylor's Institute
Tchin
Tchow Dynasty
Te Deum, etc.
Te Igitur
Teague
Teakettle Broth
Tean
Teanlay Night
Tear
Tear Handkerchief
Teaspoon
Teazle
Teck
Teeth
Teeth are Drawn
Teeth of the Wind
Teetotal
Teetotum
Teian Muse
Teinds
Telamones
Telegram
Telemachos
Tell
Tellers of the Exchequer
Temora
Temper
Templars
Temple
Temple Bar
Temple of Solomon
Temples
Tempora Mutantur
Ten
Ten Commandments
Tench
Tend in the Eyes
Tendon
Tenglio
Teniers
Tenner
Tennis Ball of Fortune
Tennyson
Tenpenny Nails
Tenson
Tent
Tenterden
Tenterhooks
Tenth Legion
Tenth Wave
Tercel
Terence
Teresa
Term Time
Term Time of our Universities
Termagant
Terpsichore
Terra Firma
Terrestrial Sun
Terrible
Terrier
Terry Alts
Tertium Quid
Terza Rima
Tesserarian Art
Tester
Tete-a-tete
Tete Bottee
Tete du Pont
Tether
Tethys
Tetragrammaton
Tetrapla
Teucer
Teutons
Teutonic Knights
Th
Thais
Thalaba
Thales
Thalestris
Thali'a
Thames
Thammuz
Thamyris
That
That's the Ticket
Thatch
Thaumaturgus
Theagenes and Chariclea
Theban Bard
Theban Legion
Thebes
Thecla
Theist, Deist, Atheist, Agnostic
Thelusson Act
Thenot
Theocritus
Theodomas
Theodora
Theodorick
Theon's Tooth
Theosophy
Therapeu'tæ
Theresa
Thermidorians
Thersites
Theseus
Thespians
Thespis, Thespian
Thessalian
Thestylis
Thick
Thick-skinned
Thief
Thieves' Latin
Thieves on the Cross
Thimble
Thimble-rig
Thin-skinned
Thin Red Line
Thin as a Whipping-post
Think about It
Thirteen Unlucky
Thirteens
Thirteenpence-halfpenny
Thirty
Thirty Tyrants
Thirty Years' War
Thisbe
Thistle
Thistle Beds
Thistle of Scotland
Thomas
Thomas-a-Kempis
Thomas the Rhymer
Thomasing
Thomists
Thomson
Thone
Thopas
Thor
Thorn
Thorn in the Flesh
Thorns
Thorps-men
Thoth
Though Lost to Sight, to Memory Dear
Thousand
Thousand Years as One Day
Thrall
Thread
Threadneedle Street
Three
Three Bishoprics
Three-Decker
Three Chapters
Three Estates of the Realm
Three Holes in the Wall
Three Kings' Day
Three-pair Back
Three-quarters
Three R's
Three Sheets in the Wind
Three-tailed Bashaw
Three Tuns
Threshers
Threshold
Thrift-box
Throgmorton Street
Through-stone
Throw
Throw Up the Sponge
Throw your Eye on
Throwing an Old Shoe for Luck
Thrums
Thrummy Cap
Thug
Thuggee
Thuig
Thule
Thumb-nail Legacies
Thumbikins
Thunder
Thunder and Lightning
Thunders of the Vatican
Thunderbolt of Italy
Thunderbolts
Thunderer
Thundering Legion
Thunstone
Thursday
Tiara
Tib
Tib and Tom
Tiber
Tibullus
Tiburce
Tiburtius's Day
Tick
Ticket
Ticket of Leave
Tickle the Public
Tide-rode
Tide-waiters
Tidy
Tied
Tied House
Tied-up
Tiffin
Tiger
Tiger-kill
Tigers
Tigernach
Tight
Tigris
Tike
Tilbert
Tile
Tile Loose
Tile a Lodge
Timber-toe
Time
Time-bargain
Time of Grace
Time-honoured Lancaster
Times
Timoleon
Timon of Athens
Tin
Tine-man
Ting
Tinker
Tintagel
Tintern Abbey
Tintoretto
Tip
Tip of my Tongue
Tip One the Wink
Tiphany
Tiphys
Tipperary Rifle
Tippling Act
Tippling House
Tipstaff
Tiptoe of Expectation
Tirer une Dent
Tiresias
Tiring Irons
Tirled
Tironian Sign
Tiryns
Tirynthian Swain
Tit
Tit for Tat
Titan
Titania
Tithonus
Titi
Titian
Titivate
Tittle Tattle
Titus
Titus the Roman Emperor
Tityos
Tityre Tus
Tityrus
Tizona
Tizzy
To
To En
To On
To Pan
Toads
Toad-eater
Toady
Toast
Tobit
Toboso
Tobosian
Toby
Toddy
Toes
Tofana
Tog
Toga
Toga'd
Toledo
Tolmen
Tolosa
Tom
Tom Folio
Tom Fool's Colours
Tom Foolery
Tom Long
Tom Raw
Tom Tailor
Tom Thumb
Tom Tidler's Ground
Tom Tug
Tom and Jerry
Tom, Dick, and Harry
Tom o' Bedlams
Tomboy
Tomahawk
Tomb of Our Lord
Tommy Atkins
Tommy Dodd
Tommy Shop
To morrow never Comes
Tonans
Tongue of the Trump
Tongues
Tonna
Tonsure
Tonsures
Tontine
Tony Lumpkin
Too Many for [Me]
Tooba
Tool
Tooley Street
Toom Tabard
Tooth
Tooth and Egg
Tooth and Nail
Top
Top-heavy
Top Ropes
Top-sawyer
Topham
Tophet
Topic
Topsy
Topsy-turvy
Toralva
Torne'a
Torquato
Torquemada
Torr's MSS.
Torralba
Torre
Torricelli
Torso
Tortoise which Supports the Earth
Torture
Tory
Totem Pole
Totemism
Toto Coelo
Totus Teres atque Rotundus
Touch
Touch At
Touch Bottom
Touch Up
Touch and Go
Touchet
Touchstone
Touchy
Tour
Tour de Force
Tourlourou
Tournament
Tournemine
Tours
Tout
Tout Ensemble
Tout est Perdu Hormis L'Honneur
Tout le Monde
Tower of Hunger
Tower of London
Towers of Silence
Town
Town and Gown Row
Toyshop of Europe
Tracing of a Fortress
Tracts for the Times
Tractarians
Tracy
Trade
Trade Mark
Trade Winds
Trade follows the Flag
Tradesmen's Signs
Traditions
Trafa Meat
Tragedy
Trail
Traitors' Bridge
Traitors' Gate
Trajan's Column
Trajan's Wall
Tram
Tramway
Tramecksan and Slamecksan
Trammel
Tramontane
Translator
Translator-General
Trap
Trapani
Trapper
Trappists
Trasgo
Travels in the Blue
Traveller's Licence
Traviata
Tre, Pol, Pen
Treacle
Treading on One's Corns
Treasures
Treasury of Sciences
Tree
Tree of Buddha
Tree of Knowledge
Tree of Liberty
Tree of Life
Trees
Tregeagle
Tregetour
Tremont'
Trench-the-Mer
Trencher
Trencher Cap
Trencher Friends
Trencher Knight
Trenchmore
Tressure
Treves
Trevethy Stone
Tria Juncta in Uno
Triads
Trials at Bar
Triamond
Triangles
Triangular Part of Man
Tribune
Tribune of the People
Trice
Trick
Tricolour
Triest'e
Trigon
Trilogy
Trimilki
Trimmer
Trinculo
Trine
Trinity
Trinobantes
Trinoda Necessitas
Tripitaka
Triple Alliance
Tripos
Trismogistus
Tristram
Triton
Triumph
Trivet
Trivia
Trivial
Trivium
Troehilus
Troglodytes
Troilus
Troilus and Cressida
Trois pour Cent
Trojan
Trojan War
Trolls
Trolly
Trompee
Troness, Tronis
Troopers
Troops of the Line
Trophonios
Troubadours
Trouble
Trouillogan's Advice
Trout
Trouveres
Trovatore
Trows
Troxartas
Troy-Novant
Troy-town
Troy Weight
Truce of God
Truces
Truchuela
True Blue
True-lovers' Knot
True as Touch
True Thomas and the Queen of Elfland
Truepenny
Trulli
Trump
Trump Card
Trumpet
Trumpeter
Trumpets
Trundle
Truss his Points
Trusts
Truth
Truth in a Well
Tryanon
Trygon
Tsin Dynasty
Tsong Dynasty
Tu Autem
Tu l'as Voulu, George Dandin
Tu Quoque
Tu-ral-lu
Tub
Tub, Tubbing
Tub-woman
Tuba
Tuck
Tucker
Tuffet
Tuft
Tuft-hunter
Tug
Tug of War
Tuileries
Tulcan Bishops
Tulip
Tulip Mania
Tumbledown Dick
Tun
Tunding
Tune the Old Cow Died of
Tuneful Nine
Tuning Goose
Tunisian
Tunkers
Turcaret
Tureen'
Turf
Turk
Turk Gregory
Turkey
Turkish Spy
Turlupin
Turmeric
Turncoat
Turning the Tables
Turnip-Garden
Turnip Townsend
Turnspit Dog
Turpin
Turtle Doves
Tussle
Tut
Tutivillus
Twa Dogs
Twangdillo
Tweeds
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Twelfth
Twelfth Cake
Twelfth Night
Twelve
Twelve Tables
Twickenham
Twig
Twinkling
Twins
Twist
Twisting the Lion's Tail
Twitcher
Twitten
Two
Two Eyes of Greece
Two Fridays
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Two Strings to his Bow
Two of a Trade never agree
Twopenny Dam
Tybalt
Tyburn
Tyburn Ticket
Tyburnia
T'Year
Tyke
Tyler Insurrection
Tylwyth Teg
Type
Typhoeus
Typhon
Typhoon'
Tyr
Tyrant
Tyre
Tyrtæus
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