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"tied up" Definition

  1. given over, finished; also married, in allusion to the hymeneal knot, unless a jocose allusion be intended to the “halter” (altar). _See_ BUCKLED, term in use among costermongers and street folk generally.

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Position in the dictionary: 3663 of 4022 slang words.
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