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Tizzy (A)

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A sixpence. . A variant of tester. In the reign of Henry VIII. a “testone” was a shilling, but only sixpence in the reign of Elizabeth. (French, teste, tête, the [monarch’s] head.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Titi (Prince)
Titian [Tiziano Vecellio]
Titivate
Tittle Tattle
Titus
Titus the Roman Emperor
Tityos
Tityre Tus
Tityrus
Tizona
Tizzy (A)
To
To
To-do
To Rights
To Wit
To (2)
To En (The)
To On (The)
To Pan (The)
Toads