_Uneducated Londoner._ »Me out of it—everything’s simple. _Savey?_» (T. T. T. 54. 13.) _The same._ »_Upon my sivvy_, blessed if I see ’ow to do it.» (P. Kelver II. 54. 13.) _Young London clerk._ _Savey_ (_savvy_) is a common vulgarism for _knowing_, _knowledge_; as verb: _to know_, _to understand_. _Do you savey?_ = Do you know, do you understand? _He had plenty of savey_ = of savoir faire, or savoir vivre. »_Upon my sivvy_» stands probably for »upon my affy», a common vulgarized form of »upon my solemn affidavit» (upon my sworn testimony.) The term is no doubt derived from some Romanic language, perhaps a corruption of the French _vous savez_ or _savez-vous_. Sawny-headed »Well, you _was_ a _sawny-headed chunk_, Josiah, you _was_.» (Novel Notes 36. 15.) = _a blockhead_, _a simpleton_. _Sawny_ is said to be a corruption of »Sandy», the usual nickname (abbrev. of Alexander) for a Scotsman, as Taffy (Welsh pronunciation of Davy) for a Welshman, and Paddy (short for Patrick) for an Irishman. _Chunk_ = a shapeless mass of anything, a thick piece, a lump: of wood, bread, etc.; as applied to a person = blockhead. (Cf. chump.) shove »What is up?» I says. »_Got the shove?_» (T. T. T. 156. 14.) _A waiter._ = _to be dismissed_. Cf. _to give the shove_: to send packing. shut up »_Shut up_, mother,» he cried at last, quite gruffly. (Sketches 197. 11.) _A bookmaker._ = _hold your tongue!_ Vulgar synonyms: _Shut it!_ _Stow it!_ _To be shut up_: to be silenced, done for. Cf. the French: _ferme la boite!_ sight »She had a precious _sight_ more gumption than he had ever possessed.» (T. T. T. 213. 18.) _A waiter._ »He tried to do others a precious _sight_ sharper than himself.» (T. T. T. 220. 20.) _The same._ »The dog, who ought to know a durned _sight_ more about them than he does— —.» (Novel Notes 152. 25.) _A sailor._ _Sight_ is a common vulgarism for »lot», »deal.» (_Precious_, intensive adj. and adv., is colloquial, verging towards vulgar.) sit »She _sits_ herself again.» (T. T. T. 225. 10.) _A waiter._ The ordinary vulgar confusion of _sit_ and _seat_. (This phrase should not be considered as on the same level as the following: »The moment you _stand_ or _sit_ him down he begins.» (T. T. T. 67. 2.) This is only an ordinary graphic use of an intransitive verb in a transitive sense; colloquial perhaps, but not vulgar.) skunk »I trusted him, the _skunk_.» (Woodb. Farm 58. 20.) _Uneducated young man._ A _skunk_ is a mean, paltry wretch (_usling_.) Originally the word signifies a _stinkard_ (Mydaus meliceps). slap-up »We’ll have a good, round, square, _slap-up_ meal.» (Three Men In A Boat 41. 7.) = _fine_, _first-rate_, _of the best_. Synonym: _bang-up_. Cf. _slapping_: very-big, excellent; _slapper_: anything exceptional. sort of »This seemed to _sort of_ lighten the boat.» (Three Men In A Boat 108. 30.) = _seemed to lighten the boat, as it were._