slow up
to slow down or become less active
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See MISNOMERS. Slubberdegullion (slub er de gfll' yon). A nasty, paltry fellow. To slubber is to do things by halves, to perform a work carelessly ; degullion is a fanciful addition (as in rapscallion). Quoth she, "Although thou hast deserved, Base slubber- degullion, to be served As thou didst vow to deal with me.
slowcoach
A lumbering, dull person; one slow of comprehension.
slowed
To be locked up (in prison).
slower than molasses
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
slowly but surely
Progressing steadily, even if at a slow pace
slubber de gullion
A dirty nasty fellow.
slubberdegullion
A paltry, dirty, sorry wretch.
slug
A piece of lead of any shape, to be fired from a blunderbuss. To fire a slug; to drink a dram.
slug away
to work or struggle persistently and diligently
slug it out
to fight or compete fiercely and determinedly
slug-a-bed
A drone, one that cannot rise in the morning.
sluice your gob
Take a hearty drink.
sluicery
A gin-shop or public-house.
slum
A chest, or package. See SLOPS.
slum the gorger
To cheat on the sly, to be an eye-servant. SLUM in this sense is old cant.
slumgullion
Any cheap, nasty, washy beverage. An Americanism best known in the Pacific States.
slur
To slur, is a method of cheating at dice: also to cast a reflection on any one's character, to scandalize.
slush
Greasy dish-water, or the skimmings of a pot where fat meat has been boiled.
slush
The grease obtained from boiling the salt pork eaten by seamen, and generally the cook’s perquisite.
slush bucket
A foul feeder, one that eats much greasy food.
slut's wool
fluff or lint that accumulates in a place
sly boots
A cunning fellow, under the mask of simplicity.
smack smooth
Even, level with the surface, quickly.
smacksmooth
Level with the surface, every thing cut away.
small arms
Those which do not, like artillery, require carriages.
small beer
Properly, beer of only slight alcoholic strength; hence, trivialities, persons or things of small consequence.
small change
A small amount of money
small clothes
Breeches: a gird at the affected delicacy of the present age; a suit being called coat, waistcoat, and articles, or small clothes.
small craft
Such vessels as schooners, sloops, cutters, and so on. The Craft is the word usually employed by Freemasons to describe their fraternity.
small deer
Any small animal; and used metaphorically for any collection of trifles or trifling matters.
small dick energy
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
small fry
People or things that are unimportant or insignificant
small fry
A humorous way of referring to a number of young children, from the numerous fry or young of fish and other creatures.
small holding
A small plot of land (but larger than an allotment) let by a local or county council to a tenant for agricultural purposes. The Act of 1892 lays down that a small holding shall be not less than one acre nor more than fifty, and should not exceed £50 in annual value.
small hours
The early hours after midnight.
small potatoes
Something or someone unimportant or insignificant
small print
Details or conditions that are not immediately apparent
small talk
Casual conversation about unimportant matters
small wonder
Not surprising at all
small-beer
"he doesn’t think SMALL-BEER of himself," i.e., he has a great opinion of his own importance. SMALL COALS is also used in the same sense.
smalls
A University term for the first general examination of the student. It is used at Cambridge, but properly belongs to Oxford. The Cambridge term is "little go."
smart
Spruce, fine: as smart as a carrot new scraped.
smart arse
Someone who gives annoyingly clever answers
smart as a whip
Exceptionally intelligent or quick-witted
smart chance
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
smart money
Money allowed to soldiers or sailors for the loss of a limb, or other hurt received in the service.
Smart Money
Money paid by a person to obtain exemption from some disagreeable office or duty, or given to soldiers or sailors for injuries received in the service; in law it means a heavy fine. It either makes the person smart," Le. suffer, or else the person who receives it is paid for smarting.
smash
Leg of mutton and smash: a leg of mutton and mashed turnips. SEA TERM.
smash
To become bankrupt, or worthless; "to go all to SMASH," to break, "go to the dogs," or fall in pieces.
smash and grab
a type of theft where a store is broken into quickly
smash hit
Something extremely successful or popular
smash someone's face in
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
smash someone's head
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
smash up
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
smash-man-geordie
A pitman’s oath.—Durham and Northumberland. See GEORDIE.
smashed
Drunk.
smasher
A person who lives by passing base coin. The cove was fined in the steel for smashing; the fellow was ordered to be imprisoned in the house of correction for uttering base coin.
smasher
One who passes bad coin, or forged notes.
smashfeeder
A Britannia-metal spoon,—the best imitation shillings are made from this metal.
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