=Slip=, the valet of young Harlowe (son of Sir Harry Harlowe, of Dorsetshire). He schemes with Martin, a fellow-servant, to contract a marriage between Martin and Miss Stockwell (daughter of a wealthy merchant), in order to get possession of £10,000, the wedding portion. The plan was this: Martin was to pass himself off as young Harlowe, and marry the lady or secure the dot; but Jenny (Miss Stockwell’s maid) informs Belford, the lover of Miss Stockwell, and he arrests the two knaves just in time to prevent mischief.--Garrick, _Neck or Nothing_ (1766). =Slippers=, which enabled the feet to walk, _knives_ that cut of themselves, and _sabres_ which dealt blows at a wish, were presents brought to Vathek by a hideous monster without a name.--W. Beckford, _Vathek_ (1784). =Slippery Sam=, a highwayman in Captain Macheath’s gang. Peachum says he should dismiss him, because “the villain hath the impudence to have views of following his trade as a tailor, which he calls an honest employment.”--Gay, _The Beggar’s Opera_, i. (1727). =Slipslop= (_Mrs._), a lady of frail morals.--Fielding, _Joseph Andrews_ (1742). =Slocums= (_The_), _Rowland Slocum_, the head of a large marble-yard, and a good citizen. He gives Richard Shackford employment, and lets him become an inmate of his family. _Margaret Slocum_, a motherless, only child, her father’s housekeeper, Richard Shackford’s fast friend, and, in time, his wife.--T. B. Aldrich, _The Stillwater Tragedy_ (1880). =Slop= (_Dr._), Sir John Stoddart, M.D., editor of the _New Times_, who entertained an insane hatred of Napoleon Bonaparte, called by him “The Corsican Fiend.” William Hone devised the name from Stoddart’s book entitled _Slop’s Shave at a Broken Hone_ (1820), and Thomas Moore helped to popularize it (1773-1856). _Slop_ (_Dr._), a choleric, enthusiastic, and bigoted physician. He breaks down Tristram’s nose, and crushes Uncle Toby’s fingers to a jelly, in attempting to demonstrate the use and virtues of a newly invented pair of obstetrical forceps.--Sterne, _The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman_ (1759). (Under this name, Sterne ridiculed Dr. Burton, a man mid-wife of York.) =Slopard= (_Dame_), wife of Grimbard, the brock or badger, in the beast-epic of _Reynard the Fox_ (1498). =Sloppy=, a love-child, brought up by Betty Higden, for whom he turned the mangle. When Betty died, Mr. Boffin apprenticed him to a cabinet-maker. Sloppy is described as “a very long boy, with a very little head, and an open mouth of disproportionate capacity that seemed to assist his eyes in staring.” It is hinted that he became “the prince” of Jenny Wren, the doll’s dressmaker.