strike while the iron is hot
Don't miss a good opportunity; seize time by the forelock; make hay while the sun shines.
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Strike while the iron is hot. or Make hay while the sun shines
Take advantage of an opportunity while it is available
strills
Cheating lies.—North Country Cant.
string
To hoax, to "get in a line."
string along
to cooperate or go along with something
string attached
Having a condition or restriction
string out
to prolong or extend something unnecessarily
string to one's bow
An additional skill or resource
string up
to deceive or cheat someone
strip me naked
Raw gin.
strip off
remove clothes quickly
stroke
To take a stroke: to take a bout with a woman.
stroke
The captain of a crew, the man who sets the pace, and is generally the leading spirit in the boat. The coxswain usually looks after University men when they are in training, so that they may not fall into excesses, the STROKE having quite enough to do to attend to his own training. Of late years University crews have placed themselves under the guidance and tuition of "coaches," generally ex-University men of great ability and experience.
stroke of business
A clever or skillful act in a business deal
stroke of luck
An unexpected and fortunate event
stroke of work
a task or amount of work
strollers
Itinerants of different kinds. Strolling morts; beggars or pedlars pretending to be widows.
strommel
Straw.—Ancient Cant. Halliwell says that in Norfolk STRUMMEL is a name for hair.
strong
"to come it STRONG." See COME.
strong man
To play the part of the strong man, i.e. to push the cart and horses too; to be whipt at the cart's tail.
strong suit
A person's area of expertise or greatest ability
strum
A perriwig. Rum strum: a fine large wig. (CAMBRIDGE) To do a piece. Foeminam subagitare. CANT.
strung out
Exhausted or disorganized, often due to stress or lack of sleep
strut one's stuff
To show off one's skills or abilities
stub out
to extinguish a cigarette
stub-faced
Pitted with the smallpox: the devil ran over his face with horse stabs (horse nails) in his shoes.
Stubble Geese
The geese turned into the stubble-fields to pick up the corn left after harvest.
stubble it
Hold your tongue. CANT.
stuck
Moneyless. See STICK.
stuck in the mud
Unable to change or make progress due to tradition or inertia
stuck in the Stone Age
Very outdated or old-fashioned
stuck on
Completely infatuated or obsessed with someone or something
stuck up
Haughty or overly proud
stuck up
Said of pretentious people who give themselves airs, nobodies who assume to be somebodies. The allusion is to the peacock, which sticks up its train to add to its "im- portance" and "awe down*' antagonists.
stuck-up
Purse-proud—a form of snobbishness very common in those who have risen in the world, especially among those who have risen rather suddenly. Albert Smith wrote some amusing papers on the Natural History of STUCK-UP People.
stud muffin
An attractive and desirable man
stude
A student.
student union politics
politics within a university or college
stuff
To make false but plausible statements, to praise ironically, to make game of a person,—literally, to STUFF or cram him with gammon or falsehood.
stuff it
to reject or refuse something
stuff one's face
Eat excessively and greedily
stuff the ballot box
To cheat by fraudulently adding votes
stuff you
an impolite way to say goodbye or express annoyance
stuffed like a turkey
Extremely full after eating a large amount of food
stuffed shirt
A person who is excessively formal or pretentious
stuffed to the gills
Completely full or satisfied, often with food
stukkie
girlfriend
stum
The flower of fermenting wine, used by vintners to adulterate their wines.
stumbling block
An obstacle or challenge that hinders progress
stump
To go about speechmaking on politics or other subjects. Originally an Americanism applied to the lowest class of candidates for legislatorial honours, probably because they stood on a STUMP to address their audiences. Maybe, also, because their utterances were short and pithy. This latter reason would, however, hardly apply to our representatives of the STUMP class, "the Leaguers," who are, as a rule, as long-winded as they are illogical.
stump it
to travel from place to place making speeches
stumped
Bowled out, done for, bankrupt, poverty-stricken. From the cricketing term.
stumped out
Outwitted; put down. A term borrowed from cricket.
stumps
Legs. To stir one's stumps; to walk fast.
stumpy
An amputee who has lost a leg.
stunner
A first-rate person or article.
stunners
Feelings of great astonishment; "it put the STUNNERS on me," i.e., it confounded me.
stupid
Extremely.
stupid is as stupid does
A person's actions reveal their intelligence or character
stupidass
very stupid
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