thick

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

1) Intimate; familiar. 'They are very thick just now.' Provincial in the North of England, and in Yorkshire.--Craven Glossary and Brockett.


It was lucky I leet of a man that want to school wi' me when I was a lile lad; we were devlish thick.--Westm. and Cumb. Dialect, p. 127.

2) The midst, i. e. of a crowd.

I met a large concourse of people at Louisville. I had no idea of attracting so much attention; but there I was in the thick of them.--Crockett, Tour, p. 159.

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

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