RichardB Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 What's all this about then please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Mrs May's tantaddlin tarts, well liked by apprentices. When they can find the key ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 "Then, my lad," said the magistrate, " I think you fare very well, and have no reason to complain." " But I han, for t' missis mays tantaddlin tarts, and shoo locks 'em up i' t' cupboard, and ne'er gies me a bit on 'em." Sheffield In The Eighteenth Century. BY Robert Eadon Leader, B.A. Full text on Google Books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Article - Folk Speech of South Cheshire. Tantaddlin' [taantaad-lin],^ir. adj. unsubstantial; said of con- fectionery. "A tantaddlin' tart" is a light, delicate tart, designed to tickle the palate rather than to satisfy the appetite. The word has generally a depreciatory sense. See following article. Tantaddlement [taantaad-lmunt], s. a trifle. The connotation of this word is exceedingly hard to express. It is often con- temptuously used of all mere accomplishments, which seem wanting in solid value, of confectionery as opposed to plain food, &c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 "The English dialect dictionary, being the complete vocabulary of all dialect words still in use, or known to have been in use during the last two hundred years;" - Google Books TANTADL1N(G, sb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Lin. Lei. War. Hrf. Glo. Also written tantaddlin s.Chs.' ; and in forms tantaflin Not. ; tantatlin s.Lan.' ; tantat- lin(g w.Yks. Not. [tantadlin.] 1. A small tart ; an apple-dumpling ; light delicacies, esp. sweets, in contra- distinction to more substantial food ; also used attrib. w.Yks. Tan tadlin's, or owt else, e't paistry way, at wor wanted, Tom Treddlehoyle E.vliebis/iaii (1857) 13 ; Hl/x. Courier (July 3, 18971 ; w.Yks.2 'All kinds of tantadlins,' applied to any small tart made of pastry and jam. nw.Der.i s.Not. She made cakes an' tantaflin sorts o' things. A bit o' that beef for me ; a don't care for non o' yer tarts an' tantaflins (J.P.K.). Hrf. An apple dumpling made in circular form, Bound Provinc. (1876}. Glo.i 2. Camp. Tantadlintart, (1) a small, light tart; any kind of dainty ; fancy food ; (2) unpalatable food ; see below; (3) cow-dung. (i) s.Lan.i Chs.' The word is not always confined to tarts, but is sometimes used for all the small sweets at a dinner, such as cheese cakes, custards, &c., in contradistinction to the more substantial roast joints and plum pudding. s.Chs.' The word has generally a depreciatory sense. se.Lin. (J.T.B.) War.^ Children are some- times promised a tantadlin-tart, when there is no intention to provide a delicacy of any kind. (2) Lin.' Let' The composition of this delicacy varies considerably, but apples, onions, and fat bacon are among the most constant of its elements. Unwary enquirers into its constituents are apt to find themselves the victims of a curiously unsavoury joke. War.* A pasty, the true contents of which have been abstracted and replaced by some nasty compound. (3) nw.Der.', War.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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