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
_Stum_, the Flower of fermenting Wine, used by Vintners, when their Wine
is down or flat, to make it Drink up and brisk; also when they Brew, to
make their mixtures, (by putting them into a new Ferment) all of one
Taste. _Stumm’d Wines are very unwholesom, and may be discover’d, by a
white Froth round the sides of the Glass._
_Stubble-it_, c. hold your Tongue.
_Sturdy-beggers_, c. the fifth and last of the most ancient Order of
Canters.
_Sub-beau_, or _Demibeau_, a would-be fine.
_Sub-bois_, Maples, Birch, Sallow, and Willow.
_Suck_, c. Wine or strong Drink. _This is rum Suck_, c. it is excellent
Tipple. _We’ll go and Suck our Faces, but if they toute us, we’ll take
rattle and brush_, c. let’s go to Drink and be merry, but if we be Smelt,
by the People of the House, we must Scower off. _He loves to Suck his
Face_, he delights in Drinking.
_Suckey_, c. drunkish, maudlin, half Seas o’er.
_Suit and Cloak_, good store of Brandy or any agreable Liquor, let down
Gutter-lane.
_Sun burnt_, having many Male Children.
_Sunny-bank_, a good, rousing Winter-Fire.
_Superstitious-Pies_, Minc’d, or Christmas-Pies, so Nick-nam’d by the
_Puritans_, or _Precisians_, tho’ they can Eat em; but affecting to be
singular, make them a Month or six Weeks before Christmas, or the Feast
of Christ.
_Supernaculum_, not so much as a Drop left to be poured upon the
Thumb-nail, so cleaverly was the Liquor tipt off.
_Supoueb_, c. an Hostess or Landlady.
_Surtout_, a loose, great, or riding Coat.
_Sutler_, c. he that Pockets up, Gloves, Knives, Handkerchiefs, Snuff and
Tobacco-boxes, and all the lesser Moveables; also a Scullion or Huckster,
one that follows an Army, to sell Meat, Drink, _&c._
_Swadlers_, c. the tenth Order of the Canting Tribe. _To Swaddle_, to
Beat lustily with a Cane or Cable’s end. _I’ll Swaddle your Hide_, I’ll
bang your Back.
_Swag_, c. a Shop. _Rum Swag_, c. full of rich Goods.
_Swagger_, to vapour or bounce.
_Swallow_, (Falsities for Truths) to believe them.
_Sweets_, the Dreggs of Sugar used by Vintners, to allay the undue
fermenting or fretting of their Wine.
_Sweetners_, c. Guinea-Droppers, Cheats Sharpers. _To Sweeten_, c. to
decoy, draw in, and _Bite_. _To be Sweet upon_, c. to coakse, wheedle,
entice or allure.
_Swig-men_, c. the 13th Rank of the Canting Crew, carrying small
Habberdashery-Wares about, pretending to sell them to colour their
Roguery. _A hearty Swig_, a lusty Draught. _To Swig it off_, to Drink it
all up.
_Swill-belly_, a great Drinker.
_Swimmer_, a Counterfeit (old) Coyn.
{ _Clap_, }
_Swinging_ { _Lye_, } a very great one.
{ _Fellow_, }
I _Swing’d him off_, I layd on and beat him well-favoredly. _He is
swing’d off_, damnably Clapt.
_Swinish_, (fellow) raking, greedy, gluttonous, covetous.
_Swabbers_, the Ace of Hearts, Knave of Clubs, Ace and Duce of Trumps;
also the Sorriest Sea-Men put to Wash and clean the Ship.
_Swop_, to barter or Truck.
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