To run tame about a house; to live familiarly in a family with which one is upon a visit. Tame army; the city trained bands.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
Tallywags * TandemNathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
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