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<h1>The Letter S</h1>
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<h2>SACK</h2>
<p>a Pocket. <i class="eg">To Dive into his
Sack</i>; To pick his Pocket.</p>
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<h2>SACK</h2>
<p>also signifies to be drunk;
As, <i class="eg">He bought the Sack</i>; i.e. He got
drunk.</p>
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<h2>SALESMAN'S <i>Dog</i></h2>
<p>the same as <i>Barker</i>.</p>
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<h2>SALAMON</h2>
<p>the Beggar's Sacrament
or Oath.</p>
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<h2>SCAB</h2>
<p>a sorry Wench, or scoundrel Fellow.</p>
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<h2>SCANDALOUS</h2>
<p>a sorry Perriwig.</p>
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<h2>SCANDAL-<i>Proof</i></h2>
<p>a thorough-pac'd
<i>Alsatian</i>, or <i>Minter</i>; one harden'd, or
past Shame.</p>
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<h2>SCEW</h2>
<p>See <i>Skew</i>.</p>
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<h2>SCHOOL <i>of Venus</i></h2>
<p>a Bawdy-house.</p>
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<h2>SCONCE</h2>
<p>
<i class="eg">To build a large sconce</i>;
To run deep upon Tick or Trust.</p>
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<h2>SCOTCH <i>Fiddle</i></h2>
<p>the Itch.</p>
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<h2>SCOTCH-<i>Mist</i></h2>
<p>a sober, soaking
Rain.</p>
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<h2>SCOUNDREL</h2>
<p>a Hedge bird or sorry
Scab.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SCOURE</h2>
<p>to wear. <i class="eg">To Scoure the
Cramp-rings</i>; To wear Bolts. Also
to run away. See <i>Scowre</i>.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SCOWRE</h2>
<p>to run away or scamper.</p>
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<h2>SCOWRERS</h2>
<p>Drunkards beating
the Watch, breaking Windows, clearing
the Streets, &c.</p>
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<h2>SCRAN</h2>
<p>a Reckoning at a Boozing-ken, &c.</p>
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<h2>SCRAP</h2>
<p>s Design, a purpos'd Villainy, a vile Intention; also a perpetrated
Roguery: <i class="eg">He whiddles the whole
Scrap</i>: He discovers all he knows.</p>
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<h2>SCRIP</h2>
<p>a Shred or Scrap of Paper.
As, <i class="eg">The Cully did freely blot the Scrip,
and tipt me 40 Hogs</i>; One enter'd into
Bond with me for 40 Shillings.</p>
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<h2>SCRUB</h2>
<p>a Ragamuffin.</p>
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<h2>SCRUBADO</h2>
<p>the Itch.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SCREW</h2>
<p>to copulate with a
Woman.</p>
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<h2><i>A</i> SCREW</h2>
<p>a Strumper, a common
Prostitute.</p>
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<h2>SCUM</h2>
<p>the Riff-raff, or Tagrag and
Longtail.</p>
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<h2>SEALER</h2>
<p>one that gives Bonds and
Judgement for Goods and Money.</p>
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<h2>SECRET</h2>
<p>as, <i class="eg">Let into the Secret</i>;
When one is drawn in at Horse-racing,
Cock-fighting, Bowling, and other
such Sports or Games, and <i>bit</i>.</p>
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<h2>SEEDY</h2>
<p>poor, Money-less, exhausted.</p>
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<h2>SERAGLIO</h2>
<p>a Bawdy-house; so
called from the Great Turk's Palace.</p>
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<h2>SERAGLIETTO</h2>
<p>a lousy, vile,
sorry Bawdy-house, a meer Dog-hole.</p>
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<h2>SET</h2>
<p>as <i class="eg">Dead Set</i>, a Term used by
Thief-catchers when they have a Certainty
of seizing zome of their Clients,
in order to bring them to Justice.</p>
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<h2>SETTERS</h2>
<h2>or <i>Setting-dogs</i></h2>
<p>they
that draw in <i>Bubbles</i>, for old Gamesters
to rook; also a Serjeant's Yeoman,
or Bailiff's Follower, or Second.
Also an Excise Officer.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SETTLE</h2>
<p>to stun, or knock
down; as, <i class="eg">We settled the Cull by a
Stoter on his Nob</i>; i.e. We took him
such a Blow on the Head, as quite stunn'd him.</p>
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<h2>SHABBY</h2>
<p>in poor sorry Rigging.</p>
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<h2>SHABBEROON</h2>
<p>a Ragamuffin.</p>
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<h2>SHAB'D-<i>Off</i></h2>
<p>sneak'd, or fled away.</p>
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<h2>SHAG-<i>Bag</i></h2>
<p>a poor shabby Fellow.</p>
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<h2>SHAM</h2>
<p>a Cheat, or Trick. <i class="eg">To Cut a
Sham</i>; To play a Rogue's Trick.</p>
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<h2>SHAMBLE-<i>Legg'd</i></h2>
<p>one that goes
wide, and shuffles his Feet about.
<i class="eg">Shake your Shambles</i>; Haste, be gone.</p>
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<h2>SHAPPEAU</h2>
<h2>or <i>Shappo</i></h2>
<p>for <i>Chappeau</i>, F. a Hat.</p>
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<h2>SHARPER</h2>
<p>a Cheat, one that lives by his Wits.</p>
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<h2>SHARPERS-<i>Tools</i></h2>
<p>false Dice.</p>
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<h2>SHAVER</h2>
<p>
<i class="eg">A cunning Shaver</i>; A
subtle, smart Fellow. <i class="eg">He shaves close</i>;
He gripes, squeezes, or extorts very
severely.</p>
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<h2>SHAVINGS</h2>
<p>the Chippings of Money.</p>
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<h2>SHE-<i>Napper</i></h2>
<p>a Woman Thief-catcher; also
a Hen-bawd, or Procuress;
a Debaucher of young Virgins; a
Maiden head-jobber.</p>
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<h2>SHOP</h2>
<p>a Prison.</p>
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<h2>SHOP-<i>Lift</i></h2>
<p>one that Steals under
pretence of cheap'ning.</p>
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<h2>SHOPT</h2>
<p>imprison'd.</p>
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<h2>SHOT</h2>
<p>as, <i class="eg">To pay one's Shot</i>; To
pay one's Club or Proportion.</p>
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<h2>SHOT <i>'twixt Wind and Water</i></h2>
<p>Clapt or Pox'd.</p>
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<h2>SHOULDER-<i>Clapper</i></h2>
<p>a Serjeant or Bailiff.</p>
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<h2>SHOULDER-<i>Sham</i></h2>
<p>a Partner to a <i>File</i>.</p>
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<h2>SHRED</h2>
<p>a Taylor.</p>
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<h2>SHUFFLER</h2>
<h2>or <i>Shuffling-Fellow</i></h2>
<p>a slippery, shifting Fellow.</p>
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<h2>SHURK</h2>
<p>a Shark or Sharper.</p>
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<h2>SICE</h2>
<p>Six-pence.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SILENT <i>a Man</i></h2>
<p>to knock him
down, so as to stun him: To lay him
down for dead. <i class="eg">See the Cull is Silent</i>,
is also us'd by desperate Villains, for
cutting the Throat, or shooting the
unhappy Person who falls in their way.</p>
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<h2>SILK <i>Snatchers</i></h2>
<p>a Set of Varlets,
who snatch Hoods, Scarves, Handkerchiefs,
or any Thing they can come at.</p>
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<h2>SIMKIN</h2>
<p>a Fool.</p>
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<h2>SIMON</h2>
<p>Six-pence.</p>
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<h2>SINGLE-<i>Ten</i></h2>
<p>a very foolish, silly Fellow.</p>
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<h2>SIR JOHN</h2>
<p>the Country-Vicar or Parson.</p>
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<h2>SIR TIMOTHY</h2>
<p>one that treats
every Body, and pays the Reckonings
every where.</p>
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<h2>SKEW</h2>
<p>a Beggar's wooden Dish.</p>
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<h2>SKIN-<i>Flint</i></h2>
<p>a griping, sharping,
close-fisted Fellow.</p>
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<h2>SKINKER</h2>
<p>that fills the Glass or Cup.
<i class="eg">Who Skinks?</i> Who pours out the Liquor.</p>
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<h2>SKIP-<i>Jacks</i></h2>
<p>Yougsters that ride
Horses for Sale.</p>
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<h2>SKIPPER</h2>
<p>a Barn.</p>
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<h2>SKRIP</h2>
<p>Paper.</p>
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<h2>SLAM</h2>
<p>a Trick; also also a Game intirely
lost, without getting one on that
Side.</p>
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<h2>SLAT</h2>
<p>a Sheet.</p>
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<h2>SLATE</h2>
<p>a half Crown; also the
same as <i class="eg">Slot</i>.</p>
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<h2>SLEEPING-<i>House</i></h2>
<p>without Shop,
Warehouse or Cellar, only for a private Family.</p>
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<h2>SLOUCH</h2>
<p>See <i>Zlouch</i>.</p>
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<h2>SLUBBER-<i>Degullion</i></h2>
<p>a slovenly,
dirty, nasty Fellow.</p>
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<h2>SLUR</h2>
<p>a Cheat at Dice; also a slight
Scandal or Affront.</p>
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<h2>SLY-<i>Boots</i></h2>
<p>a seeming silly, but subtle Fellow.</p>
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<h2>SMACKING-<i>Cove</i></h2>
<p>a Coachman.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SMASH</h2>
<p>to quell, to beat or
abuse violently; to kill.</p>
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<h2>SMASH</h2>
<p>to smite, to kick down
Stairs. <i class="eg">The Chubs tout the Blosses, they
smash them, and make them brush</i>; The
Sharpers catch their Mistress at the
Tavern, making merry without them,
kick them down Stairs, and force
them to rub off.</p>
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<h2>SMEAR</h2>
<p>a Painter, or Plaisterer,
&c.</p>
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<h2>SMELLER</h2>
<p>a Nose.</p>
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<h2>SMELLING-<i>Cheat</i></h2>
<p>a Nose-gay; also
an Orchard or Garden.</p>
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<h2>SMELTS</h2>
<p>Half-Guineas.</p>
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<h2>SMITER</h2>
<p>an Arm.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SMOKE</h2>
<p>to suspect or smell a Design.
<i class="eg">It is smok'd</i> It is made Publick, all
have Notice.</p>
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<h2>SMOKER</h2>
<p>a Tobacconist.</p>
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<h2>SMOKY</h2>
<p>Jealous, as, <i class="eg">He is a smoky
Cull</i>; He is a suspicious Fellow.</p>
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<h2>SMUG</h2>
<p>a Blacksmith.</p>
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<h2>SMUGGLING-KEN</h2>
<p>a Bawdy-house.</p>
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<h2>SMUTTY</h2>
<p>Bawdy.</p>
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<h2>SNACK</h2>
<p>Share or Part. <i class="eg">To go snacks</i>.
To go halves, or Share and Share alike.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SNABBLE</h2>
<p>to rifle, to strip, or
plunder. <i class="eg">To Snabble a Poll</i>, to run
away with a Peruke or Head-dress.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SNAFFLE</h2>
<p>to steal, to rob, to
purloin. <i class="eg">A snaffler of Prancers</i>; a
Horse-Stealer. <i class="eg">Snuffle</i>, is also a Highwayman
that has got a Booty.</p>
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<h2>SNAPT</h2>
<p>taken, caught.</p>
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<h2>SNEAK</h2>
<p>
<i class="eg">He goes upon the Sneak at
Darkmans</i>, He privately gets into Houses
or Shops at Night and Steals undiscovered.</p>
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<h2><i>A</i> SNEAKING <i>Budge</i></h2>
<p>one that robs
alone, and deals chiefly in petty Larcenies.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SNIC</h2>
<p>to cut.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SNILCH</h2>
<p>to eye or see any Body.
<i class="eg">The Cull snilches</i>; the Man eyes or sees
you.</p>
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<h2>SNIP</h2>
<p>a Cheat; <i class="eg">T snip</i>, to cheat.</p>
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<h2>SNITCH</h2>
<h2>or <i>Snitchel</i></h2>
<p>a Filip on the
Nose.</p>
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<h2>SNITE</h2>
<p>to wipe, or flap. <i class="eg">Snite his
Snitch</i>; wipe his Nose, or give him a
good Flap on the Face.</p>
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<h2>SNOUT</h2>
<p>a Hogshead.</p>
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<h2>SNOW-<i>Broth</i></h2>
<p>Snow-water.</p>
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<h2>SNUDGE</h2>
<p>one that lurks under a
Bed, to watch an Opportunity to rob
the House.</p>
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<h2>SNUG</h2>
<p>
<i class="eg">All's snug</i>; All's quiet, used
by Villains, when every thing is silent
and they hear no body stir to oppose
their intended Rogueries.</p>
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<h2>SOCK</h2>
<p>a Pocket. <i class="eg">Not a Rag in my
Sock</i>; I han't a Farthing in my Pocket.
Also beat; <i class="eg">I'll Sock ye</i>; I'll drub
ye tightly.</p>
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<h2>SOCKET <i>Money</i></h2>
<p>demanded and
spent upon <i>Marriage</i>.</p>
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<h2>SOLDIERS-<i>Bottle</i></h2>
<p>a large one.</p>
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<h2>SOLOMON</h2>
<h2>or <i>Soloman</i></h2>
<p>the Mass.</p>
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<h2>SON <i>of Apollo</i></h2>
<p>a Scholar.</p>
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<h2>SON <i>of Mars</i></h2>
<p>a Soldier.</p>
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<h2>SON <i>of Venus</i></h2>
<p>a Lover of Women.</p>
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<h2>SON <i>of Mercury</i></h2>
<p>a Wit. Also a
Thief.</p>
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<h2>SON <i>of Prattlement</i></h2>
<p>a Lawyer.</p>
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<h2>SOUL-<i>Driver</i></h2>
<p>a Parson.</p>
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<h2><i>A</i> SOUL</h2>
<p>one that loves Brandy.</p>
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<h2>SOULDIER's <i>Mawnd</i></h2>
<p>a counterfeit
Sore or Wound in the left Arm.</p>
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<h2>SOUSE</h2>
<p>
<i class="eg">Not a Souse</i>; not a Penny.
From <i>Sous</i>, <i>French</i> Money.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SOUDSE</h2>
<p>to fall upon, to beat
cruelly; also to plunder or kill.</p>
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<h2>SOUTH-SEA</h2>
<p>a strong distill'd Liquor,
so called by the Inhabitants and
Clients of <i>Newgate</i>, &c.</p>
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<h2>SOUTH-SEA <i>Mountain</i></h2>
<p>Geneva.</p>
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<h2>SOW's <i>Baby</i></h2>
<p>a Pig.</p>
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<h2>SOWSE <i>Crown</i></h2>
<p>a Fool.</p>
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<h2>SOW-<i>Child</i></h2>
<p>a Female Child.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SOWR</h2>
<p>to beat violently, &c.
As, <i class="eg">Sowr the Cull</i>; <i>i. e.</i> knock him
down: Beat him without Mercy, &c.</p>
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<h2>SPANGLES</h2>
<p>Ends of Gold or Silver.</p>
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<h2>SPANISH-<i>Gout</i></h2>
<p>the Pox.</p>
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<h2>SPANISH-<i>Money</i></h2>
<p>fair Words and
Compliments.</p>
</div>
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<h2>SPANKS</h2>
<p>Money, Gold or Silver.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SPEAK <i>with</i></h2>
<p>to steal.</p>
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<h2>SPECKT-<i>Wiper</i></h2>
<p>a coloured Handkerchief.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SPIRIT-<i>Away</i></h2>
<p>the same as<i>Kidnap</i>.</p>
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<h2>SPIRITUAL-<i>Flesh Broker</i></h2>
<p>a Parson.</p>
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<h2>SPLIT-<i>Fig</i></h2>
<p>a Grocer.</p>
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<h2>SPLITTER-<i>of-Causes</i></h2>
<p>a Lawyer.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SPRING <i>a Partridge</i></h2>
<p>to draw a
Person in to be bit. <i class="eg">To spring Partridges</i>;
to raise a Crowd in order to
rob or pick Pockets.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SPUNGE</h2>
<p>to drink at others Cost.</p>
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<h2>SPUNGING-<i>House</i></h2>
<p>a By-prison.</p>
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<h2><i>A</i> SPUNGING <i>Fellow</i></h2>
<p>one tat lives
upon the rest, and pays nothing.</p>
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<h2>SQUAB</h2>
<p>a very fat, truss Person; a
new-hatch'd Chick; also a Couch.</p>
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<h2>SQUAWL</h2>
<p>a Voice; as, <i class="eg">The Cove has
a bien Squawl</i>; The Fellow has a good
Voice.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> SQUEEK</h2>
<p>to discover, or impeach;
also to cry out. <i class="eg">They squeek
Beef upon us</i>; They cry out Highway-men
or Thieves after us. <i class="eg">The Cull
squeeks</i>; The Rogue peaches.</p>
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<h2>SQUEEKER</h2>
<p>a Barboy; also a Bastard,
or any other Child. <i class="eg">Stifle the
Squueker</i>; Murder the Child, and
throw it into a House of Office.</p>
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<h2>SQUEEZING <i>of Wax</i></h2>
<p>being bound
for any Body; also sealing of Writings.</p>
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<h2>SQUINTE-<i>Fuego</i></h2>
<p>one that squints
very much.</p>
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<h2>SQUIRE <i>of Alsatia</i></h2>
<p>a Man of Fortune,
drawn in, cheated, and ruin'd by
a Pack of poor, lowsy, spunging Fellows,
that lived (formerly) in <i>White-Fryars</i>.
<i class="eg">The Squire</i>, a Sir <i>Timothy
Treat-all</i>; also a Sap-Pate. <i class="eg">A fat
Squire</i>; A rich Fool.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>SQUIRISH</h2>
<p>foolish; also one that
pretends to pay all Reckonings, and is
not strong enough in the Pocket.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STAG</h2>
<p>a Term (inverting Qualities)
used for an Enemy, a Pursuer;
as, <i class="eg">I spy a Stag</i>, used by that notorious
young Robber <i>Shepherd</i>, lately executed,
when he first saw the Turnkey
of <i>Newgate</i>, who pursu'd and took
him after his first Escape from the <i>Condemn'd Hold</i>.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STALE <i>Jest</i></h2>
<p>old, dull.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STALE <i>Maid</i></h2>
<p>at her last Prayers.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STALLION</h2>
<p>a Whore-Master; so
called from a Stone-horse kept to cover
Mares.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STALL-<i>Whimper</i></h2>
<p>a Bastard.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STALLING</h2>
<p>making or ordaining.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STALLNG-<i>Ken</i></h2>
<p>a Broker's Shop,
or any House that receives stollen
Goods.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2><i>To</i> STAM-<i>Flesh</i></h2>
<p>to Cant; as, <i class="eg">The
Cully Stamfleshes rumly</i>; He cants very
well.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STAMMEL</h2>
<h2>or <i>Strammel</i></h2>
<p>a brawny,
lusty, strapping Wench.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STAMPS</h2>
<p>Legs.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STAMPERS</h2>
<p>Shoes; also Carriers.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STARTER</h2>
<p>a Question; also a Flincher.
<i class="eg">I am no Starter</i>; I shan't flinch,
or cry to go home.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STICK <i>Flams</i></h2>
<p>a Pair of Gloves.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STINGO</h2>
<p>humming, strong Liquor.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STITCH-<i>Back</i></h2>
<p>very strong Ale.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STOCK-<i>Drawers</i></h2>
<p>Stockings.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STONE-<i>Dead</i></h2>
<p>quite dead.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STONE <i>Doublet</i></h2>
<p>a Prison.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STOP</h2>
<p>as, <i class="eg">I have stopt his Blubber</i>;
I have stopt his Mouth.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STOP-<i>Hole Abbey</i></h2>
<p>the Nick-name of
the chief Rendezvous of the Canting
Crew of <i>Gypsies</i>, <i>Cheats</i>,
<i>Thieves</i>, &c.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STOTER</h2>
<p>a great Blow. <i class="eg">Stoter
him</i>, or, <i class="eg">Tip him a Stoter</i>; Settle him;
give him a swinging Blow.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STOW</h2>
<p><i>i.e.</i> You have said enough.
<i class="eg">Stow you, bene Cove</i>; Hold your Peace,
good Fellow. <i class="eg">Stow your Whids and
plant them; for the Cove of the Ken can
cant them</i>; Take care what you say;
for the Man of the House understands
you.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STRAPPING</h2>
<p>lying with a Wench.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STRAPPING-<i>Lass</i></h2>
<p>a swinging two-handed Woman.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STRETCHING</h2>
<p>hanging. <i class="eg">He will
stretch for it</i>; He will be hang'd.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2><i>To</i> STRETCH</h2>
<p>to tell a Lye; as,
<i class="eg">He stretcht hard</i>; He told a whicking
Lye.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STRIKE</h2>
<p>to beg or rob; also to
borrow Money. <i class="eg">Strike all the Cheats</i>;
Rob all that you meet. <i class="eg">Strike the Cull</i>;
Beg of that Gentleman. <i class="eg">Strike the
Cloy</i>; Get the Fellow's Money from
him. <i class="eg">He has struck the Quidds</i>; He has
got the Money from him. <i class="eg">He strikes
every Body</i>; He borrows Money every
where; he runs in every one's Debt.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2><i>To</i> STRIP</h2>
<p>to rob or <i>gut</i> a House,
to unrig any Body; or to <i>bite</i> them of
their Money.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2><i>To</i> STRIP <i>the Ken</i></h2>
<p>To <i>gut</i> the
House.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2><i>To</i> STRIP <i>the Table</i></h2>
<p>To win all
the Money on the Place. <i class="eg">We have stript
the Cull</i>; We have got all the Fool's
Money. <i class="eg">The Cove's stript</i>; The Rogue
has not a <i>Jack</i> left to help himself.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STROMMEL</h2>
<p>Strap, or Hair, as,
<i class="eg">She hath good Store of Strommel on her
Nob</i>.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STROWLERS</h2>
<p>Vagabonds, Itinerants,
Men of no settled Abode, of a
precarious Life, Wanderers of Fortune,
such as Gypsies, Beggars, Pedlars,
Hawkers, Mountebanks, Fidlers,
Country-Players, Rope-dancers, Jugglers,
Tumblers, Shewers of Tricks,
and Raree-show-men.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STROWLING-<i>Morts</i></h2>
<p>who,
pretending to be Widows, often travel
the Countries, making Laces upon
Yews, Beggar's-tape, &c. Are light-finger'd,
subtle, hypocritical, cruel,
and often dangerous to meet, especially
when a <i>Ruffler</i> is with them.</p>
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<div class="entry">
<h2>STRUM</h2>
<p>a Ferriwig. <i class="eg">Rum-strum</i>;
A long Wig. Also a handsome Wench,
or Strumpet.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STUBBLE-<i>It</i></h2>
<p>Hold your Tongue.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>STULING-<i>Ken</i></h2>
<p>the same as <i>Stalling Ken</i>. Which see.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SUCK</h2>
<p>Wine or strong Drink. <i class="eg">This
is rum Suck</i>; It is excellent Tipple.
<i class="eg">We'll go and Suck our Faces; but if they
toute us, we'll take Rattle, and brush</i>;
Let's go to drink and be merry; but if
we be smelt by the People of the
House, we must scowre off. <i class="eg">He loves
to Suck his Face</i>; He delights in Drinking.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SUCKY</h2>
<p>drunkish, maudling, half-Seas over.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SUIT <i>and Cloak</i></h2>
<p>good Store of
Brandy or any agreeable Liquor.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SUN-<i>Burnt</i></h2>
<p>clapt.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SUNNY-<i>Bank</i></h2>
<p>a good, rousing
Winter-Fire.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SUPERNACULUM</h2>
<p>not so much as
a Drop left to be poured upon the
Thumb nail, so cleverly was the Liquor
tipt off.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SU-POUCH</h2>
<p>an Hostess or Landlady.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SUTLER</h2>
<p>he that pockets up Gloves,
Knives, Handkerchiefs, Snuff and Tobacco-boxes,
and other lesser Moveables.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SWADDLERS</h2>
<p>Rogues, who, not
content to rob and plunder, beat and
barbarously abuse, andoften murder
the Passengers. Hence, <i class="eg">To seaddle</i>;
To beat lustily with a Cane, &c.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SWAG</h2>
<p>a Shop. <i class="eg">Rum Swag</i>; Full
of rich Goods.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2><i>To</i> SWAGGER</h2>
<p>to vapour or bounce.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SWEET</h2>
<p>easy to be taken in; Also
expert, dexterous, clever: As, <i class="eg">Sweet's
your Hand</i>; said of one who has the
Knack of stealing by Sleight of Hand.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SWEETNERS</h2>
<p>Guinea-droppers,
Cheats, Sharpers. <i class="eg">To Sweeten</i>; To
decoy, draw in, and <i>bute</i>. <i class="eg">To be sweet
upon</i>; To coax, wheedle,entice or
allure.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SWIG</h2>
<p>a draught of Liquor; <i class="eg">To
swig it off</i>; To drink it all up.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SWIG-<i>Men</i></h2>
<p>carrying small Haberdashery-Wares about, pretending to
sell them, to colour their Roguery.
Fellows crying <i>Old Shoes, Boots, or
brooms</i>; and thos pretending to buy
<i>Old Suits, Hats</i> or <i>Cloaks</i>, are also
called <i>Swig-Men</i>, and oftentimes, if
an Opportunity offers, make all Fish
that comes to Net.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2>SWINDGING-<i>Clap</i></h2>
<h2><i>Swindging Fellow</i></h2>
<h2><i>Swindging Lye</i></h2>
<p>a very great one.</p>
</div>
<div class="entry">
<h2><i>To</i> SWINDE <i>one off</i></h2>
<p>to beat him soundly.</p>
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