Tib's

[481] The old saying, "As fit as Tib's Rush for Tom's fore-finger," alludes to an ancient custom of making spurious marriages with a ring constructed from a Rush.

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His imposing presence would keep off wanton insults, but on the other hand, he had not the moral weight of authority possessed by Tibble, and though far from being a drunkard, he was not proof against a carouse, especially when out of reach of his Bet and of his master, and he was not by any means Tib's equal in fine and delicate workmanship.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Tibble's, only shook his head, saying that Tib's only fault was dabbling in matters of divinity, as if a plain man could not be saved without them!

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

His imposing presence would keep off wanton insults, but on the other hand, he had not the moral weight of authority possessed by Tibble, and though far from being a drunkard, he was not proof against a carouse, especially when out of reach of his Bet and of his master, and he was not by any means Tib's equal in fine and delicate workmanship.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Tib's only fault was dabbling in matters of divinity, as if a plain man could not be saved without them!

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

If ever fine feathers made fine birds, Tib's court plume was composed of them.

Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times 1851

Tib's progress was slow and uncertain, but it was progress.

Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times 1851

And oh! dear me, how short Tib's memory grew, as to which of the Glencarrick group had been her friends, and which merely acquaintances!

Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times 1851

Duchess, calling off her eyes from worrying Tib's hand, and looking up at Mr. Lindsay, observes that it will be "deliciously lovely, for it is so late that they must have moonlight part of the way."

Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times 1851

Matrimony had never been absent from Tib's thoughts since she was sixteen, and she was now five-and-forty.

Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times 1851