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"tile" Definition

  1. a hat, a covering for the head. “I’m a gent, I’m a gent, In the Regent-Street style,— Examine my costume, And look at my TILE.”—_Popular Song._ Sometimes used in another sense, “having a TILE loose,” _i.e._, being slightly crazy. _See_ PANTILE.

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Position in the dictionary: 3671 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: timber merchant, timber-toes, time, time o’ day, tin, tin-pot, tinge, tinkler, tip, tip the double
Previous words in the dictionary: tike-, tightener, tight, tiger, tiffy, tiffin, tiff, tied up, tie, tidy

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