The Prisoner of Zenda (62 page)

trump
NOUN
a trump is a good, reliable person wo can be trusted
This lad Hawkins is a trump, I perceive (
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson)

tucker
NOUN
a tucker is a frilly lace collar which is worn around the neck
Whereat Scrooge's niece's sister˜the plump one with the lace tucker: not the one with the roses˜blushed.
(
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens)

tureen
NOUN
a large bowl with a lid from which soup or vegetables are served
Waiting in a hot tureen!
(
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll)

turnkey
NOUN
a prison officer; jailer
As we came out of the prison through the lodge, I found that the great importance of my guardian was appreciated by the turnkeys, no less than by those whom they held in charge.
(
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens)

turnpike
NOUN
the upkeep of many roads of the time was paid for by tolls (fees) collected at posts along the road. There was a gate to prevent people travelling further along the road until the toll had been paid.
Traddles, whom I have taken up by appointment at the turnpike, presents a dazzling
combination of cream colour and light blue; and both he and Mr. Dick have a general effect about them of being all gloves.
(
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens)

twas
PHRASE
it was
twas but a dream of thee
(
The Good-Morrow
by John Donne)

tyrannized
VERB
tyrannized means bullied or forced to do things against their will
for people would soon cease coming there to be tyrannized over and put down
(
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson)

'un
NOUN
'un is a slang term for one–usually used to refer to a person
She's been thinking the old 'un
(
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens)

undistinguished
ADJ
undiscriminating or incapable of making a distinction between good and bad things
their undistinguished appetite to devour everything
(
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift)

use
NOUN
habit
Though use make you apt to kill me
(
The Flea
by John Donne)

vacant
ADJ
vacant usually means empty, but here Wordsworth uses it to mean carefree
To vacant musing, unreproved neglect
(
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth)

valetudinarian
NOUN
one too concerned with his or her own health.
for having been a
valetudinarian all his life
(
Emma
by Jane Austen)