Funny definitions – the real meanings of words

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Trespass:
A lock of hair gets by. – Joseph Leff

Tricky Business:
A magic show. – Joseph Leff

Tricycle
A tot rod

Trigonometry:
Sine language. – Joseph Leff

Trimeter:
Experiment with the metric system. – Joseph Leff

Trimming:
Give a haircut to a Chinese emperor. – Joseph Leff

Trip Taker:
An Ego. – Joseph Leff

Trip Within Germany:
A Bonn voyage. – Joseph Leff

Triplets:
Short journeys. – Joseph Leff

Triweekly:
Don’t try weakly. – Joseph Leff

Trojan Horse
A phoney pony

Troopship:
A boat that carries actors on tour. – Joseph Leff

Trouble
Opportunity knocks only once. Trouble is more persistent.

Trunk Call
Telephone an elephant

Trust:
All tied up. – Joseph Leff

Trustees:
Tied-up golf accessories. – Joseph Leff

Truth
Stranger than fiction, but not as popular.

Tsar’s Children:
Tsardines. – Joseph Leff

Tuba:
Container, as in a tuba toothpaste. – Joseph Leff

Tube
In English it means a hollow cylinder, but in Dutch it means a silly Hollander

Tuber:
A large wind instrument, in Boston. – Joseph Leff

Tubing:
For Mr. Crosby. – Joseph Leff

Tuck Shop
Where Robin Hood first met Friar Tuck

Tuck’s Partner:
Nip. – Joseph Leff

Tudor:
A small car. – Joseph Leff

Tulips
What you pucker up with.

Tumor:
An extra pair. – Joseph Leff

Tuna:
The person who adjusts a piano. – Joseph Leff

Tunic:
Toward Nicholas. – Joseph Leff

Tuning Fork
To make sure your musical chairs are all in tune

Turtle Soup
A snappy dish.

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