TRAPESING, gadding or gossiping about in a slatternly way.—_North.__A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James.

TRAVELLER, name given by one tramp to another. “A TRAVELLER at her

Majesty’s expense,” _i.e._, a transported felon, a convict.

TREE, “up a TREE,” in temporary difficulties,—out of the way. _American

expression_, derived from RACCOON or BEAR-HUNTING. When Bruin is TREED,

or is forced UP A TREE by the dogs, it means that then the tug of war

begins.—_See_ ’COON. Hence when an opponent is fairly run to bay, and

can by no evasion get off, he is said to be TREED. These expressions

originated with Colonel Crockett. In _Scotland_ the phrase is “up a

CLOSE,” _i.e._, a passage, out of the usual track, or removed from

observation.

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