shell jacket
An undress military jacket, fatigue jacket.
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shell shock
An acute neurasthenic con- dition due to a shock to the system caused by the explosion of a shell or bomb at close quarters. The term came into use in World War I.
shell-like
The ear.
shellacked
Drunk.
shepherd
To look after carefully, to place under police surveillance.
sheriff's ball
An execution. To dance at the sheriff's ball, and loll out one's tongue at the company; to be hanged, or go to rest in a horse's night-cap, i.e. a halter.
Sherlock Holmes
The most important figure m detective fiction, the creation of Arthur
sherwood’s
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shice
Nothing; "to do anything for SHICE," to get no payment. The term was first used by the Jews in the last century. Grose gives the phrase CHICE-AM-A-TRICE, which has a synonymous meaning. Spanish, CHICO, little; Anglo-Saxon, CHICHE, niggardly; or perhaps connected with the German, SCHEISSEN.
shicer
A mean man, a humbug, a "duffer,"—a worthless person, one who will not work. This is the worst term one Jew can use to another. At the diggings it means a hole which yields nothing.
shickery
Shabby, bad. From SHAKY, SHAKERY.
shickster
A lady. See SHAKESTER.
shickster-crabs
Ladies’ shoes.—Tramps’ term.
shift gears
to change focus or approach suddenly
shift the dial
To significantly change or improve a situation
shifting
Shuffling. Tricking. Shifting cove; i.e. a person who lives by tricking.
shifting ballast
A term used by sailors, to signify soldiers, passengers, or any landsmen on board.
shig
A shilling.
shigs
Money, silver.—East London.
shikaree
A hunter, a sportsman.—Anglo-Indian. An English sportsman who has seen many ups and downs in jungles of the East styles himself "an OLD SHIKAREE."—Anglo-Indian. Also spelt SHEKARRY.
shillaley
An oaken sapling, or cudgel: from a wood of that name famous for its oaks. IRISH.
shilling shocker
See PENNY DREADFUL. To be cut off with a shilling. See Cur. To take the Queen's (or King's) shilling. To enlist; in allusion to the former practice of giving each recruit a shilling when he was sworn in.
Shilly Shally
To hesitate, act in an undecided, irresolute way; a corruption of "Will I, shall I," or "Shall I, shall I?
shilly-shally
Irresolute. To stand shilly-shally; to hesitate, or stand in doubt.
shilly-shally
To trifle or fritter away time; to be irresolute. Corruption of "Shall I, shall I?"
shimmy on down
to move quickly and carefully down something
shin
An Americanism for walking. "I’m tired of SHINNING around."
Shin Plaster
An old American and also Australian phrase still occasionally used for paper tokens issued by rural stores as small change. It is said that some storekeepers baked • them to make them brittle so that they would powder to nothing in the recipient's pocket.
shin-plaster
A bank-note. Originally an Americanism.
shindy
A dance. SEA PHRASE.
shindy
A row, or noise. A SHINDY generally means a regular mêlée.
shine
It shines like a shitten barn door.
shine
A row, or disturbance.
shiners
Sovereigns, or money.
shiney rag
"to win the SHINEY RAG," to be ruined,—said in gambling, when any one continues betting after "luck has set in against him."
shins
"To break one’s SHINS," figurative expression meaning to borrow money.
shiny are the distant hills
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
ship shape
Proper, as it ought to be. SEA PHRASE,
ship's husband
The agent on land who represents the owners and attends to the repairs, provisioning and other necessaries and expenses of the ship.
ship-shape
Proper, in good order; sometimes the phrase is varied to "SHIP-SHAPE and Bristol fashion."—Sea. The latter portion of the expression went out with Bristol’s fame as a seaport.
ships of the line
Men-of-war large enough to have a place in a line of battle. The ship of the desert. The camel.
shire horse
The old breed of large, heavily built English cart-horse, originally raised m the Midland shires. The term is applied to any draught horse of a certain character which can show a registered pedigree. The sire and dam, with a minute description of the horse itself, its age, marks and so on, must be shown in order to prove the claim of a "shire horse.
shirt and tie
Formal office attire for men
shirts as party emblems
The custom of wearing coloured shirts as a political gesture originated in the Garibaldi Italian campaign of 1848-49.
shirty
Ill-tempered, or cross. When one person makes another in an ill-humour he is said to have "got his SHIRT out."
shit a brick
to be extremely surprised or shocked
shit box
Synonym of television.
shit in someone's cereal
to ruin someone's plans or day
shit in someone's Cheerios
to spoil or ruin someone's plans or pleasure
shit in someone's cornflakes
to spoil or ruin someone's plans or pleasure
shit off
Synonym of fuck off.
shit on toast
Something very unpleasant or of poor quality
shit one's pants
to be extremely frightened or intimidated
shit or get off the can
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
shit or get off the pot
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Shit or get off the pot. ( W., 1975)
Stop hesitating and take action or leave
shit out of luck
completely out of good fortune or options
shit sandwich
An unpleasant or difficult situation that must be accepted
shit stain
A person who is considered disgusting or undesirable
shit the bed
To completely fail or make a mess of something
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