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.

SOW’S baby.  A sucking pig.

Sow child.  A female child.

SPADO.  A sword.  Spanish.

Spangle.  A seven shilling piece.

Spank. (Whip) To run neatly along, beteeen a trot and
  gallop.  The tits spanked it to town; the horses went
  merrily along all the way to town.

Spanish.  The spanish; ready money.

Spanish coin.  Fair words and compliments.

Spanish faggot.  The sun.

Spanish gout.  The pox.

Spanish padlock.  A kind of girdle contrived by jealous
  husbands of that nation, to secure the chastity of their
  wives.

Spanish, or king of Spain’s trumpeter.  An ass
  when braying.

Spanish worm.  A nail:  so called by carpenters when they
  meet with one in a board they are sawing.

Spanks, or SPANKERS.  Money; also blows with the open
  hand.

Spanking.  Large.

Spark.  A spruce, trim, or smart fellow.  A man that is
  always thirsty, is said to have a spark in his throat.

Sparkish.  Fine, gay.

Sparking blows.  Blows given by cocks before they close,
  or, as the term is, mouth it:  used figuratively for words
  previous to a quarrel.

Sparrow.  Mumbling a sparrow; a cruel sport frequently
  practised at wakes and fairs:  for a small premium, a booby
  having his hands tied behind him, has the wing of a cock
  sparrow put into his mouth:  with this hold, without any
  other assistance than the motion of his lips, he is to get the
  sparrow’s head into his mouth:  on attempting to do it, the
  bird defends itself surprisingly, frequently pecking the
  mumbler till his lips are covered with blood, and he is
  obliged to desist:  to prevent the bird from getting away, he
  is fastened by a string to a button of the booby’s coat.

Sparrow-mouthed. Wide-mouthed, like the mouth of a
  sparrow:  it is said of such persons, that they do not hold
  their mouths by lease, but have it from year to year; i.e.
  from ear to ear.  One whose mouth cannot be enlarged
  without removing their ears, and who when they yawn
  have their heads half off.

SPATCH cock. [Abbreviation of dispatch cock.] A hen just
  killed from the roost, or yard, and immediately skinned,
  split, and broiled:  an Irish dish upon any sudden occasion.

To speak with.  To rob.  I spoke with the cull on the
  cherry-coloured prancer; I robbed the man on the black
  horse.  Cant.

Speak.  Any thing stolen.  He has made a good speak; he
  has stolen something considerable.

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