Triangles

a slang term for delirium tremens , during a fit of which everything appears out of the square. Trimmings , the nece ary adjuncts to anything cooked, but specially applied to a boiled leg of mutton, as turnips, potatoes, bread, beer, salt, . Bets are frequently made for a leg of mutton and TRIMMINGS . Or one person will forfeit the mutton if another will “stand the TRIMMINGS .” It is generally a supper feast, held in a public-house, and the rule is for the landlord to charge as TRIMMINGS everything, except the mutton, placed on the table previous to the removal of the cloth. A boiled leg o’ mutton and TRIMMINGS will be always known as a “swarry” to admirers of Sam Weller. Tripes , the bowels. “Next morning Mi Dolly complained of her TRIPES , Drinking cold water had given her gripes.”