or Tom Truth, subs. phr. (old).—1. See TELL-TRUTH, adding quot. infra. Also (2) = a honest man, a trusty fellow (RAY); and (3) ‘a true guesser’ (HALLIWELL).
1564. UDALL, The Apophthegmes of Erasmus, 202. This Demochares was … called … in their language Parrhesiastes (as ye would say in English) THOM TROUTH, or plain Sarisbuirie.
