trot line NOUN a trot line is a fishing line to which a row of smaller fishing lines are attached when he got along I was hard at it taking up a trot line (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)

troth NOUN oath or pledge I wonder, by my troth (The Good-Morrow by John Donne)

truckle NOUN a truckle bedstead is a bed that is on wheels and can be slid under another bed to save space It rose under my hand, and the door yielded. Looking in, I saw a lighted candle on a table, a bench, and a mattress on a truckle bedstead. (Great Expectations by Charles Dickens)

trump NOUN a trump is a good, reliable person who 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)