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T was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring,--not even a mouse
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be...
T was when the sea was roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclin'd.
-- John Gay (1688-1732) -- The What d' ye call it, Act ii, Sc. 8...
weak: vt. 1. To change slightly, usually in reference to a value.
Also used synonymously with {twiddle}....
Tweedledum and Tweedledee Agreed to have a battle; For Tweedledum said Tweedledee Had spoilt his nice new rattle.
Just then flew down a monstrous crow, As black as a tar-barrel; Which frightened both...
Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle... -- Lewis Carroll
weeter: [University of Waterloo] n. Syn. {perf}, {chad} (sense 1).
This term (like {woofer}) has been in use at Waterloo since 1972 but is elsewhere unknown....
Twelve years ago I was a boy, A happy boy at Drury's.
-- W. M. Praed (1802-1839) -- School and Schoolfellow...
Twenty-four hour room service must be one of the premiere achievements of modern civilization.
-- Special Agent Dale Cooper, from Twin Peak...
Twenty million women arose when it was said "Well will no longer be dictated to," and became stenographers.

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