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.


