a special agent of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
Word origin
< T(reasury)-man
T-man in American English
(ˈtiˌmæn)
nounWord forms: pluralT-men
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury
Word origin
[1935–40]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bingo, blitz, complementation, hard core, roadblock