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Drawn from the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, with the emphasis on the expressions used or coined before 1914.
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āS
; rarely ās. A coll euphemistic abbr. of Godās in oaths; gen. continuous with governing words as in āSBLOOD and āSLIFE: C.16ā20; from mid-C.18, only āliteraryā.
s. and b.
; S. and B. An occasional variant (ā1887; very ob.) of B. AND S.
S.S.
; P.P. SHIMM(E)Y showing; petticoat peeping: hortatory c.pp. from one girl to another, in ref. to dress disarranged: ca 1895ā1915.
S.W.A.K.
āSealed with a kissā on the back of an envelope: coll: late C.19ā20. Also S.W.A.L.K., where L.=loving.
sa
. Six: showmenās, mostly Parlary: from ca 1850. P.H.Emerson, 1893, āI was hired outā¦for sa soldi a day.ā Ex Lingua Franca.
saā
. Save, esp. in God saā me: C.17āmid-19: S.E. till ca 1660, then coll. Shadwell, 1668, āAs God shall saā me, she is a very ingenious Woman.ā
sa soldi
. Sixpence: see SA.
sabe, save
, see SAVVY.
sable Maria
. A variant of BLACK MARIA.
sabby
. A pidgin English variant (ā1864) of SAVVY.
saccer
. The sacrament: Harrow School: late C.19ā20. By the Oxford -er.
sack
*. A pocket: c.: late C.17āmid-19. B.E.; Mayhew, 1858. 2. A hammock: naval: C.19.
sack
, v. To āpocketā, take (illicit) possession of: coll: C.19ā20; ob. E.S.Barrett, 1807, āHe sacked the receipts, without letting them touch one farthing.ā 2. To dismiss one from employment or office: from ca 1840. Gen. in passive. Ex (get and/ or) give the sack, see BAG. 3. To defeat (in a contest, esp. in a game): from ca 1820 (orig. Anglo-Irish); rare after ca 1860. ?ex sack, to plunder. 4. To expel: Public Schoolsā: from ca 1880. Ex sense 2.
sack, bestow or confer the order of the
, see SACK, THE ORDER OF THE.
sack, break a bottle in an empty
. To make a cheating bet, a hocus wager, āa sack with a bottle in it not being an empty sackā, Grose, 2nd ed.: coll: late C.18āmid-19.
sack, buy the
. To become tipsy: s. > coll: ca 1720ā1840. Ex sack, generic for the white wines formerly imported from Spain.
sack, dive into a
*. To pick a pocket: c.: late C.17āearly 19.
sack, get or give the
, see BAG, and SACK, v., 2. cf.:
sack, the order of the
. Gen. as get or give (occ. bestow, confer) the order ā¦ A dismissal from employment, a discharge from office, a being discarded by sweetheart or mistress (rarely lover): from ca 1860. Yates, 1864, āIādā¦confer on him the order of the sack.ā cf. ORDER OF THEā¦
sack āem up men
. Resurrectionists: ca 1830ā70.
sack of coals
. A black cloud (gen. black clouds) in the Southern Hemisphere: nautical: late C.19ā20.
sacking
*. Prostitution; sacking law, harlotry as practised by the underworld with a view to further gain: c. of late C.16ā early 17. Greene, 1592, 1591 resp. Ex the S.E. v., sack, to lay waste.
sacks to the mill!, more
. Pile it on!; thereās plenty here!: coll: late C.16ā18, then dial. Nashe; Middleton & Rowley in The Spanish Gipsie; Richardson.
sacred lamp
. A ballet-girl burlesque: theatrical: 1883āca 1900. Ex a cynicism by John Hollingshead (āThe sacred lamp of burlesqueā), parodying Ruskin.
sacrifice
. A(n alleged) loss: coll >, ca 1880, S.E. Dickens, 1844, āIts patterns were last Yearās and going at a sacrifice,ā Esp. alarming or astounding s.
sacrifice
. To sell, or claim to sell, at less than cost price: from ca 1850: coll >, ca 1880, S.E. Ex the n.
sad
. Mischievous, troublesome, merry, dissipated: late C.17ā20 (ob. except in sad dog): coll. Chiefly of a place (āLondon is a sad place,ā Mackenzie, 1771) and a person, esp. in sad dog, in C.18āmid-19 a debauched fellow, and thereafter rare except in playful reproach. Farquhar, 1706, āS. You are an ignorant, pretending, impudent Coxcomb. B. Ay, ay, a sad dog.ā
sad vulgar
. A vulgarian: Society: ca 1770ā1820. Ware cites the St Jamesās Gazette of 17 Aug. 1883.
saddle
. The female pudend; woman as sexual pleasure: coll verging on euphemism: C.17ā20, but rare since C.18. 2. āAn additional charge upon the benefitsā from a benefit-performance: 1781, Parker: theatrical.
saddle-back
, see SADDLEBACK. saddle becomesā¦, see SADDLE SUITSā¦
saddle-leather
. The skin of the posteriors: coll: mid-C.19ā20. Punning S.E. sense.
saddle on the right or wrong horse, put the
. To blameāocc., to praiseāthe right or wrong person (loosely, act, thing): coll: from ca 1750. Ex the earlier setā¦(1607) and layā¦(1652), both ā by 1840. An occ. variant: place, mid-C.19ā20, ob. Also s. uponā¦
saddle oneās nose
. To wear spectacles: coll: late C.18āmid-19.
saddle-sick
. Made ill or very sore by riding: coll and dial.: late C.18ā20; ob. cf. SADDLE-LEATHER.
saddle suits a sow, suit one as a
. To suit, become, fit ill; be very incongruous: coll: C.18ā19. Swift, who has become for suit.
saddle the spit
. To give a meal, esp. a dinner: coll: late C.18āmid-19. Ex S.E. saddle a spit, to furnish one.
saddle upon
ā¦, see SADDLE ONā¦
saddleback
. A louse: C.19ā20; ob. (Not in the best circles.)
saddling-paddock
. A place where lovers tend to congregate: Australian (ā1909). Semantics: RIDE, riding.
safe
*. (Gen. the safe.) Inside waistcoat pocket: c.: late C.19ā20. Esp. among pick-pockets.
safeā¦, a
. e.g. āHe is a safe secondā, i.e. he...
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- Title Page
- Copyright
- A Note on this Edition
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