Chapter Toad-eater to Tom of T by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

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   Tom Tiller. A hen-pecked husband.
   Tom Tinker. The brawny, heavy blacksmith, with none of the wit and fun of a “Jack Tar,” who can tell a yarn to astonish all his native village.
   Tom Tit. The “Tom Thumb” of birds.
   Tom-Toe. The clumsy, bulky toe, “bulk without spirit vast.” Why the great toe? “For that being one o' the lowest, basest, poorest of this most wise rebellion, thou goest foremost.” (Shakespeare: Coriolanus, i. 1.)
   Tom Tug. A waterman, who bears the same relation to a Jack Tar as a carthorse to an Arab. (See Tom Tug.)
   Great Tom of Lincoln. A bell weighing 5 tons 8 cwt.
   Mighty Tom of Oxford. A bell weighing 7 tons 12 cwt.
   Old Tom. A heavy, strong, intoxicating sort of gin.
   Long Tom. A huge water- jug.