or timmy-whiskey or whiskey, subs. phr. (old).A light one-horse chaise without a hood (GROSE).
1772. BRIDGES, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 481.
In spite of him these youths so frisky, | |
Went out and hird a TIMMY-WHISKY. |
1774. FOOTE, The Cozeners, i. A journey to Tyburn in a TIM-WHISKY and two would have concluded your travels.
d. 1832. CRABBE, Works, II. 174. WHISKEYS and gigs and curricles.
1834. SOUTHEY, The Doctor, Interch. xiv. It is not like the difference between a WHISKEY and a TIM-WHISKEY, that is to say, no difference at all.
1884. S. DOWELL, A History of Taxation and Taxes in England, III. 227. The increased taxation of the curricle had the effect of bringing into existence the less expensive gig, a development or an imitation of a two-wheeled carriage known in the country as a WHISKEY.