1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueGrose, Francis
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1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Grose, Francis
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SCULL THATCHER. A peruke-maker.
SCUM. The riff-raff, tag-rag, and bob-tail, or lowest order
of people.
SCUT. The tail of a hare or rabbit; also that of a woman.
SCUTTLE. To scuttle off; to run away. To scuttle a
ship; to make a hole in her bottom in order to sink her.
SEA CRAB. A sailor.
SEA LAWYER. A shark.
SEALER, or SQUEEZE WAX. One ready to give bond and
judgment for goods or money.
SECRET. He has been let into the secret: he has been
cheated at gaming or horse-racing. He or she is in the
grand secret, i.e. dead.
SEEDY. Poor, pennyless, stiver-cramped, exhausted.
SEES. The eyes. See DAYLIGHTS.
SERVED. Found guilty. Convicted. Ordered to be
punished or transported. To serve a cull out; to beat a
man soundly.
SERAGLIO. A bawdy-house; the name of that part of the
Great Turk's palace where the women are kept.
SEND. To drive or break in. Hand down the Jemmy and
send it in; apply the crow to the door, and drive it in.
SET. A dead set: a concerted scheme to defraud a person
by gaming.
SETTER. A bailiff's follower, who, like a setting dog
follows and points the game for his master. Also
sometimes an exciseman.
TO SETTLE. To knock down or stun any one. We settled
the cull by a stroke on his nob; we stunned the fellow
by a blow on the head.
SEVEN-SIDED ANIMAL. A one-eyed man or woman, each
having a right side and a left side, a fore side and a back
side, an outside, an inside, and a blind side.
SHABBAROON. An ill-dressed shabby fellow; also a mean-spirited person.
SHAFTSBURY. A gallon pot full of wine, with a cock.
To SHAG. To copulate. He is but bad shag; he is no able
woman's man.
SHAG-BAG, or SHAKE-BAG. A poor sneaking fellow; a man
of no spirit: a term borrowed from the cock-pit.
SHAKE. To shake one's elbow; to game with dice. To
shake a cloth in the wind; to be hanged in chains.
SHAKE. To draw any thing from the pocket. He shook
the swell of his fogle; he robbed the gentleman of his silk
handkerchief.
SHALLOW PATE. A simple fellow.
SHALLOW. A WHIP hat, so called from the want of depth
in the crown. LILLY SHALLOW, a WHITE Whip hat.
SHAM. A cheat, or trick. To cut a sham; to cheat or deceive.
Shams; false sleeves to put on over a dirty shirt, or
false sleeves with ruffles to put over a plain one. To sham
Abram; to counterfeit sickness.
TO SHAMBLE. To walk awkwardly. Shamble-legged:
one that walks wide, and shuffles about his feet.
SHANKER. A venereal wart.
SHANKS. Legs, or gams.
SHANKS NAGGY. To ride shanks naggy: to travel on foot.
SCOTCH.
SHANNON. A river in Ireland: persons dipped in that river
are perfectly and for ever cured of bashfulness.
SHAPES. To shew one's shapes; to be stript, or made peel,
at the whipping-post.
SHAPPO, or SHAP. A hat: corruption of CHAPEAU. CANT.
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