1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue eBook

Francis Grose
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 343 pages of information about 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue eBook

Francis Grose
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 343 pages of information about 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Saint.  A piece of spoilt timber in a coach-maker’s shop,
  like a saint, devoted to the flames.

Saint Geoffrey’s day.  Never, there being no saint of
  that name:  tomorrow-come-never, when two Sundays
  come together.

Saint Luke’s bird.  An ox; that Evangelist being always
  represented with an ox.

Saint monday.  A holiday most religiously observed by
  journeymen shoemakers, and other inferior mechanics. a
  profanation of that day, by working, is punishable by a
  line, particularly among the gentle craft.  An Irishman
  observed, that this saint’s anniversary happened every
  week.

Sal.  An abbreviation of salivation.  In a high sal; in the
  pickling tub, or under a salivation.

SALESMAN’S dog.  A barker.  Vide barker.

Salmon-Gundy.  Apples, onions, veal or chicken, and
  pickled herrings, minced fine, and eaten with oil and
  vinegar; some derive the name of this mess from the
  French words SELON mon goust, because the proportions of
  the different ingredients are regulated by the palate of the
  maker; others say it bears the name of the inventor, who
  was a rich Dutch merchant; but the general and most
  probable opinion is, that it was invented by the countess
  of Salmagondi, one of the ladies of Mary de Medicis, wife
  of King Henry iv. of France, and by her brought into
  France.

Salmon or Salamon.  The beggars’sacrament or oath.

Salt.  Lecherous.  A salt bitch:  a bitch at heat, or proud
  bitch.  Salt eel; a rope’s end, used to correct boys, &c. at
  sea:  you shall have a salt eel for supper.

Sammy.  Foolish.  Silly.

Sandwich.  Ham, dried tongue, or some other salted meat,
  cut thin and put between two slices of bread and butter: 
  said to be a favourite morsel with the Earl of Sandwich.

Sandy pate.  A red haired man or woman.

Sangaree.  Rack punch was formerly so called in bagnios.

Sank, SANKY, or CENTIPEE’S.  A taylor employed by
  clothiers in making soldier’s clothing.

SAPSCULL.  A simple fellow.  Sappy; foolish.

Satyr.  A libidinous fellow:  those imaginary things are
  by poets reported to be extremely salacious.

Sauce box.  A term of familiar raillery, signifying a bold
  or forward person.

Save-all.  A kind of candlestick used by our frugal forefathers,
  to burn snuffs and ends of candles.  Figuratively,
  boys running about gentlemen’s houses in Ireland, who
  are fed on broken meats that would otherwise be wasted,
  also a miser.

Saunterer.  An idle, lounging fellow; by some derived
  from Sans Terre; applied to persons, who, having no lands
  or home, lingered and loitered about.  Some derive it
  from persons devoted to the Holy Land, saint Terre, who
  loitered about, as waiting for company.

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