subs. (common).—A hearty meal: cf. KAFFIR’S TIGHTENER. TO DO A TIGHTENER = to eat heartily.
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, I. 70. For 2d. what is elegantly termed a TIGHTENER—that is to say a most plenteous repast—may be obtained.
1857. J. E. RITCHIE, The Night Side of London, 193. Nommus (be off), I am going TO DO THE TIGHTENER.
