- skip - Brewer’s

Tiger-kill (A)

.

An animal tied up by hunters in a jungle to be killed by a tiger. This is a lure to attract the tiger preparatory to a tiger-hunt.

 

previous entry · index · next entry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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

previous entry · index · next entry

Ticket of Leave (A)
Tickle the Public (To)
Tide-rode
Tide-waiters
Tidy
Tied
Tied House (A)
Tied-up
Tiffin (Indian)
Tiger (A)
Tiger-kill (A)
Tigers
Tigernach
Tight
Tigris [the Arrow]
Tike
Tilbert (Sir)
Tile
Tile Loose
Tile a Lodge
Timber-toe (A)