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.

Stag.  To turn stag; to impeach one’s confederates:  from
  a herd of deer, who are said to turn their horns against
  any of their number who is hunted.

To stag.  To find, discover, or observe.

Staggering bob, with his yellow pumps.  A calf
  just dropped, and unable to stand, killed for veal in Scotland: 
  the hoofs of a young calf are yellow.

Stall whimper.  A bastard.  Cant.

Stalling.  Making or ordaining.  Stalling to the rogue;
  an ancient ceremony of instituting a candidate into the
  society of rogues, somewhat similar to the creation of a
  herald at arms.  It is thus described by Harman:  the upright
  man taking a gage of bowse, i.e. a pot of strong drink,
  pours it on the head of the rogue to be admitted; saying,
  —­I, A.B. do stall thee B.C. to the rogue; and from henceforth
  it shall be lawful for thee to cant for thy living in all
  places.

Stalling ken.  A broker’s shop, or that of a receiver of
  stolen goods.

Stallion.  A man kept by an old lady for secret services.

Stam flesh.  To cant.  Cant.

Stammel, or STRAMMEL.  A coarse brawny wench.

Stamp.  A particular manner of throwing the dice out of
  the box, by striking it with violence against the table.

Stamps.  Legs.

Stampers.  Shoes.

Stand-still.  He was run to a stand-still; i.e. till he could
  no longer move.

Star gazer.  A horse who throws up his head; also a
  hedge whore.

To Star the glaze.  To break and rob a jeweller’s show
  glass.  Cant.

Starched. Stiff, prim, formal, affected.

Staring quarter.  An ox cheek.

Start, or the old start.  Newgate:  he is gone to the
  start, or the old start.  Cant.

Starter.  One who leaves a jolly company, a milksop; he
  is no starter, he will sit longer than a hen.

STARVE’EM, ROB’EM, and CHEAT’EM.  Stroud, Rochester,
  and Chatham; so called by soldiers and sailors, and not
  without good reason.

Star lag.  Breaking shop-windows, and stealing some article
  thereout.

Stash.  To stop.  To finish.  To end.  The cove tipped
  the prosecutor fifty quid to stash the business; he gave
  the prosecutor fifty guineas to stop the prosecution.

State.  To lie in state; to be in bed with three harlots.

Stay.  A cuckold.

STAYTAPE.  A taylor; from that article, and its coadjutor
  buckram, which make no small figure in the bills of those
  knights of the needle.

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