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Tybʹalt

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A Capulet; a “fiery” young noble. (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet.)

It is the name given to the cat in the story of Reynard the Fox. Hence Mercutio says, “Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?” (iii. 1); and again, when Tybalt asks, “What wouldst thou have with me?” Mercutio answers, “Good king of cats! nothing but one of your nine lives” (iii. 1).

 

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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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Twitcher
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Two
Two Eyes of Greece
Two Fridays
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Two Strings to his Bow (He has)
Two of a Trade never agree
Twopenny Dam (A)
Tybalt
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Tyburn Ticket
Tyburnia (London)
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Tyler Insurrection
Tylwyth Teg [the Fair Family]
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