A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. : $b With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.B. E.
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A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. : $b With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.
B. E.
English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries; Romanies -- Languages
_She-napper_, c. a Woman Thief-catcher; also a Cock, (he) or Hen (she)
Bawd, a Procuress and Debaucher of young Virgins; a Maiden-head-jobber.
_Sheep-biter_, a poor, sorry, sneaking, ill-lookt Fellow.
_Sheepish_, (Fellow) bashful, peaking.
_Sheep’s-head_, a Fool, a Block-head.
_Sheep-shearers_, c. Cheats.
_Shie_, coy, squeamish, cold, or averse.
_Shock_, a Brunt. _To stand the Shock_, to bear the brunt.
_Shocking_, what is offensive, grating, grievous.
_Shop_, c. a prison.
_Shopt_, c. imprison’d.
_Shop-lift_, c. one that Steals under pretence of Cheap’ning.
_Shoe-makers-stocks_, pincht with strait Shoes. _No Man knows where the
Shoe pinches but he that wears it_, or another’s Cross like him that
bears it. _Who goes worse Shod than the Shoe-maker’s Wife?_ _One Shoe
will not fit all Feet_, Men are not all of a Size, nor all Conveniences
of a Last. _To throw an old Shoe after one_, or wish them good Luck in
their Business.
_Short-pots_, false, cheating Potts used at Ale-houses, and Brandy-shops.
_Shot_, _Shotlings_, large, lean Piggs bought to fatten. _To Pay one’s
Shot_, to Pay one’s Club or Proportion.
_Shot ’twixt Wind and Water_, Clapt, or Poxt.
_Shoulder-clapper_, c. a Sergeant or Bailiff.
_Shoulder-sham_, c. a Partner to a File.
_Shove the Tumbler_, c. to be Whipt at the Cart’s Tail.
_Shred_, a Tailer.
_Shrieketh_, the Noise a Badger makes at Rutting Time.
_Shrouds_, burying Cloths, (now) Woollen, (anciently) Linnen; also Steps
or Ladders (on board of Ship) to go up to the Topps.
_Shuffler_, a Bird like, but not so big as a Duck, having a broader Bill.
_Shuffling-Fellow_, a slippery, shifting, Fellow.
_Shurk_, c. a Sharper.
_Sice_, c. Six pence.
_Sickrel_, a puny, sickly Creature.
_Siege_, a Stool to set upon; also used by Physitians to their Patients.
_How many Sieges have you had?_ i. e. How many Stools have you had? Upon
taking a Purge _&c._
_Simkin_, a Fool.
_Simon_, c. Six-pence.
_Simples_, Follies, also Plants or Physical Herbs. _He must be cut of the
Simples_, Care must be taken to cure him of his Folly.
_Simpleton_, a silly Creature, or Tony.
_Single_, the Tail of a Hart, Buck or other Deer.
_Singler_, or _Sanglier_, a wild Boar after the _4th_ Year.
_Single-ten_, a very foolish, silly Fellow; also Nails of that size.
_Sir John_, the Country-Vicar or Parson.
_Sir Timothy_, one that Treats every Body, and Pays the Reckonings every
where.
_Six and eight-pence_, c. the usual Fee given, to carry back the Body of
the Executed Malefactor, to give it Christian Burial.
_Skew_, c. a Begger’s Wooden Dish. _To look a Skew_, or on one side.
_Skew-fisted_, awkward, ungainly.
_Skin-flint_, a griping, sharping, close-fisted Fellow.
_Skinker_, that fills the Glass or Cup. _Who Skinks?_ Who pours out the
Liquor.
_Skipper_, c. a Barn; also a Dutch Master of a Ship or Vessel.
_Skip-jacks_, c. youngsters that Ride the Horses for Sale.
_Skip-kennel_, a Foot-boy, or Laquais.
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