Taylor, Tom

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• taylor

  Nine taylors make a man; an ancient and common saying, originating from the effeminacy of their empl...

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• Tom-tom

  ·noun ·see Tam-tam. ...

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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...

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• Tom

  ·noun The knave of trumps at gleek. II. Tom ·add. ·noun A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper ...

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• tom

  A pet bow-chaser, a 9 or 12-pounder. (See long tom.) ...

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• Taylor, Bayard

  (1825-1878) Poet, b. in Pennsylvania of Quaker descent, began to write by the time he was 12. Appre...

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• Taylor, Isaac

  (1787-1865) Philosophical and historical writer, artist, and inventor, was the most eminent member ...

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• Taylor, Jeremy

  (1613-1667) Divine, was b. at Camb. His f., though of gentle descent, followed the trade of a barbe...

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• Taylor, John

  (1580-1653) Known as the "Water Poet," b. at Gloucester of humble parentage, was apprenticed to a L...

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• Taylor, Thomas

  (1758-1835) Translator, b. in London and ed. at St. Paul's School, devoted himself to the study of ...

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• Taylor, William

  (1765-1836) Translator, etc., s. of a merchant, travelled on the Continent, learned German, and bec...

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• Brown, Tom

  (1663-1704) Satirist, was ed. at Oxf., and there composed the famous epigram on Dr. Fell. He was fo...

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• captain tom

  The leader of a mob; also the mob itself. ...

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• mad tom

  or tom of bedlam otherwise an Abram Man. A rogue that counterfeits madness. CANT. ...

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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...

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• tom cony

  A simple fellow. ...

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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...

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• tom thumb

  A dwarf, a little hop-o'my-thumb. ...

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• long-tom

  n. name given in Sydney to Beloneferox, Gunth., a species of Garfish which has bothjaws prolonged t...

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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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• Taylor-White process

  ·add. ·- A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White) for giving toug...

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• Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

  (1772-1834) Poet, philosopher, and critic, s. of the Rev. John C., vicar and schoolmaster of Ottery...

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• Taylor, Sir Henry

  (1800-1886) Dramatist, s. of a gentleman farmer in the county of Durham. After being at sea for som...

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• Taylor, Philip Meadows

  (1808-1876) Novelist, b. at Liverpool, s. of a merchant there. When still a boy went out to a merca...

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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...

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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; — called also black-whisker...

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• tom t--dman

  A night man, one who empties necessary houses. ...

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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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• Tom Russell's mahogany

  See mahogany. ...

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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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