Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Teagueland n.

Ireland.

1688		cited in Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 16 June 1914 4/6: [bk title] Teagueland Jests or Bogg Witticisms. Being a Compleat Collection of the most learned Bulls, Elaborate Quibbles, and Wise Sayings of some of the Natives of Teagueland till the year 1688.
c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Teague-land Ireland.
a.1704		T. Brown Cavalcade in Works (1760) IV 275: Excuse me from Teagueland and slaughter.
1719		in D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy II 269: As Teagueland have out-voted, / The Baiters of Honest Phipps.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1746		[jest-book title] The irish miscellany, or Teagueland jests: being a compleat collection of the most profound puns, learned bulls, elaborate quibbles, Amorous Letters, Sublime Poetry, and wise Sayings, of the natives of Teagueland.
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1822		Scots Mag. 1 Apr. 51/1: Poor Teagueland has a junto of glorious patriots, God wot.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1997		Share Slanguage.

In derivatives

Teaguelander (n.)

an Irishman.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Teague-landers Irish-men.
c.1700		London-Bawd (1705) Ch. v: Wid all mine heart, said the Teague-Lander, & Pox tauk me as I no mauk Pledge upon him.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1732		‘An Irish Wedding’ in A. Carpenter Verse in Eng. in 18C Ireland (1998) 114: From Teaguelanders full of Damnation and Curses / [...] / Good Lord deliver us.
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.