(thing) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Tue May 10 2005 at 19:02:26
tap

A gentle blow.

A tap on the shoulder ; an arrest.

To tap a girl ; to be the first seducer : in allusion to a beer barrel.

To tap a guinea ; to get it changed.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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