slamkin
A female sloven, one whose clothes seem hung on with a pitch-fork, a careless trapes.
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slammed
Very busy with work.
slammock
A slattern or awkward person.—West, and Norfolk.
slang
A fetter. Double slanged; double ironed. Now double slanged into the cells for a crop he is knocked down; he is double ironed in the condemned cells, and ordered to be hanged.
slang
To cheat, to abuse in foul language.
slang-whanger
A long-winded speaker.—Parliamentary.
slangy
Flashy, vulgar; loud in dress, manner, and conversation.
slantingdicular
Oblique, awry,—as opposed to PERPENDICULAR. Originally an Americanism, now a part of the vocabulary of London "high life below stairs."
slap
Paint for the face, rouge.
slap and tickle
amorous or flirtatious behavior
slap leather
to draw a gun quickly
slap someone around
to physically or verbally abuse someone
slap the salami
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
slap-bang
Suddenly, violently. From the strike of a ball being felt before the report reaches the ear,—the SLAP first, the BANG afterwards.
slap-bang-shops
Originally low eating-houses where the ready-money was paid down with a SLAP-BANG.—Grose. A SLAP-BANG-SHOP is now a very pretentious eating-house.
slap-dash
Immediately, or quickly; at a great rate.
slap-up
First-rate, excellent, very good.
slapdash
Immediately, instantly, suddenly.
slarmied
Drunk.
slash and burn
to completely destroy or eliminate something
slasher
A bullying, riotous fellow. IRISH.
slasher
A powerful roysterer, a game and clever pugilist.
slashers
The Twenty-eighth Regiment of Foot in the British army.
slat
A ski.
slate
"he has a SLATE loose," i.e., he is slightly crazy.
slater's pan
The gaol at Kingston in Jamaica: Slater is the deputy Provost-marshal.
slattern
A woman sluttishly negligent in her dress.
slave to fashion
Someone excessively concerned with following the latest fashion trends.
slawmineyeux
A Dutchman. Probably a corruption of the Dutch, ja, mynheer; or German, ja, mein Herr.—Sea.
slayage
slaughter
sleep a wink
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
sleep camel
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
sleep funny
to have a strange or uncomfortable sleep
sleep in
sleep later than usual
sleep in heavenly peace
to rest or sleep peacefully
sleep off
recover from a condition by sleeping
sleep on
to postpone deciding something until the next day
sleep rough
sleep outdoors or in uncomfortable conditions
sleep together
to have sexual relations
sleep with
to have sexual relations with someone
sleeping at the switch
Failing to attend to one's responsibilities or duties
sleeping giant
A powerful entity that is currently inactive or dormant
sleeping partner
A partner in a trade, or shop, who lends his name and money, for which he receives a share of the profit, without doing any part of the business.
sleeping partner
A partner in a business who takes no active share in running it beyond supplying capital.
sleeping policeman
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
sleeping sickness
A West African disease caused by a parasite, Trypanosoma Gambiense, characterized by fever and great sleepiness, and usually terminating fatally. The disease known in England, which shows similar symptoms is usually called Sleeping illness or Sleepy sickness as a means of distinction; its scientific name is Encephalitis lethargica.
sleepless-hats
Those of a napless character, better known as WIDE-AWAKES.
sleepy
Much worn: the cloth of your coat must be extremely sleepy, for it has not had a nap this long time.
sleepy hollow
Any village far removed from the active concerns of the outside world. The name given in Washington Irving's Sketch Book to a quiet old-world village on the Hudson.
sleeveless errand
A task or mission that is futile or pointless
sleeves from one's vest
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
slender
A simple country gentleman.—Shakspeare.
slender reed
A fragile or unreliable source of support
slewed
Drunk, or intoxicated.—Sea term. When a vessel changes the tack, she, as it were, staggers, the sails flap, she gradually heels over, and the wind catching the waiting canvas, she glides off at another angle. The course pursued by an intoxicated, or SLEWED, man, is supposed to be analogous to that of the ship.
slice
To take a slice; to intrigue, particularly with a married woman, because a slice off a cut loaf is not missed.
slick
An Americanism, very prevalent in England since the publication of Judge Haliburton’s facetious stories, which means rapidly, effectually, utterly.
slick as snot
Very slick.
slick Rick
A person, usually a man, who is charming but untrustworthy
slide into the DMs
to send a direct message to someone, often in a flirtatious or casual manner
slide trumpet
penis
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