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Tom-tom
·noun ·see Tam-tam.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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tom-tom
A small drum, made from the stem of a hollowed tree, generally of the palm-tribe, as the centre is p...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Tom
·noun The knave of trumps at gleek.
II. Tom ·add. ·noun A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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tom
A pet bow-chaser, a 9 or 12-pounder. (See long tom.)
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Brown
·vi To become brown.
II. Brown ·vt To make brown or dusky.
III. Brown ·vt To make brown by scorchi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Taylor, Tom
(1817-1880)
Dramatist, b. at Sunderland, ed. at Glasgow and Camb., and was Prof. of English Literat...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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captain tom
The leader of a mob; also the mob itself.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mad tom
or tom of bedlam
otherwise an Abram Man. A rogue that counterfeits madness. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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peeping tom
A nick name for a curious prying fellow; derived from an old legendary tale, told of a taylor of Cov...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tom cony
A simple fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tom long
A tiresome story teller. It is coming by Tom Long, the carrier; said of any thing that has been long...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tom thumb
A dwarf, a little hop-o'my-thumb.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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long-tom
n.
name given in Sydney to Beloneferox, Gunth., a species of Garfish which has bothjaws prolonged t...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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long tom
, or long tom turks.
Pieces of lengthy ordnance for chasers, &c.
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tom astoners
Dashing fellows; from astound or "astony," to terrify.
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tom norie
A name of the puffin, Fratercula arctica.
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tom pepper
A term for a liar; he having, according to nautic tradition, been kicked out of the nether regions f...
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Brown bill
·- A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. ·see 4th Bill.
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Brown race
·add. ·- The Malay or Polynesian race;
— loosely so called.
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Brown thrush
·- A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird;
— also called ...
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Cassel brown
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Cassel earth.
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Hair-brown
·adj Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of r...
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Nut-brown
·adj Brown as a nut long kept and dried.
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Seal-brown
·adj Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.
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Whity-brown
·adj Of a color between white and brown.
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Brown, Thomas
(1778-1820)
Metaphysician, s. of the Rev. Samuel B., minister of Kirkinabreck, practised for some t...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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brown bess
A soldier's firelock. To hug brown Bess; to carry a firelock, or serve as a private soldier.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brown george
An ammunition loaf, A wig without powder; similar to the undress wig worn by his majesty.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brown madam, or miss brown
The monosyllable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brown study
Said of one absent, in a reverie, or thoughtful.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brown snake
n. See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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brown-tail
n.
bird-name for the TasmanianTit. See Tit.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii, pl. 54...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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brown study
Deep thought; absence of mind. "He is in a brown study," i. e. in deep thought, or intent upon his b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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brown thrasher
(Ferruginous thrush. Audubon Ornith.) The popular name of the brown thrush. It is also called the gr...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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done brown
Thoroughly, effectually cheated, bamboozled. Of recent origin.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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brown bread
For RAVEL-BREAD, see Cowel's Interpreter in voce PANIS.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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brown bess
A nickname for the old government regulation bronzed musket, although till recently it was brightly ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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brown bill
The old weapon of the English infantry: hence, perhaps the expression "Brown Bess" for a musket.
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brown george
A hard and coarse biscuit.
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brown janet
A cant phrase for a knapsack.
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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tom o' Bedlam
·add. ·- Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospitel, ·Eng.; hen...
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Whip-tom-kelly
·noun A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida;
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tom t--dman
A night man, one who empties necessary houses.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tom of bedlam
The same as Abram man.
otherwise an Abram Man. A rogue that counterfeits madness. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Tom Russell's mahogany
See mahogany.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tom cox's traverse
Up one hatchway and down another: others say three turns round the long boat, and a pull at the scut...
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whether or no, tom collins
A phrase equivalent to, "Whether you will or not, such is my determination, not to be gainsaid."
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Brown, Charles Brockden
(1771-1810)
Novelist, b. in Philadelphia, belonged to a Quaker family, became a lawyer, but exchang...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, George Douglas
(1869-1902)
Novelist, wrote The House with the Green Shutters, which gives a strongly outlined pict...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, Dr. John
(1810-1882)
Physician and essayist, s. of John B., D.D., a distinguished dissenting minister in Edi...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, Thomas Edward
(1830-1897)
Poet, b. at Douglas, Isle of Man, s. of a clergyman, and ed. there and at Oxf., entered...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, Peter Hume
LL.D.
(b. 1850)
Historian. George Buchanan, Humanist and Reformer (1890), Early Travellers in Scot...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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brown tree-lizard
n.
of New Zealand, Naultinus pacificus.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whity-brown bread
See ravel-bread before.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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whity-brown paper
See ravel-bread before.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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brown-paper warrant
See warrant.
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Brown Bear Alley or Court
North out of Upper East Smithfield, at No. 1, in the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate (L.C.C. List, 19...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.