She is usually drawn like St
Denis, carrying her head in her hand. Holywell is St. Winifred's Well, celebrated for its "miraculous" virtues.
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she napper
A woman thief-catcher; also a bawd or pimp.
She Stoops to Conquer
Goldsmith's comedy (1773) owes its existence to an incident which actually occurred to its author. When he was sixteen years of age a wag residing at Ardagh directed him, when passing through that village, to Squire Fetherstone's house as the village inn. The mistake was not discovered for some time, and then no one enjoyed it more heartily than Oliver himself.
she'll be right
Everything will be okay
she-oak
Beer.
Shear Thursday
Maundy Thursday,, the Thursday of Holy Week; so called, it is said, because in —
sheathe the sword
To stop fighting or arguing
shebeen
An unlicensed place where spirituous liquors are illegally sold. A word almost peculiar to Ireland.
shed a tear
cry a little, often because of sadness
shed blood
to kill or injure someone
shed find
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
shed light upon
To explain or clarify something
sheeny
A Jew. This word is used by both Jew and Gentile at the East-end of London, and is not considered objectionable on either side.
sheep's head
Like a sheep's head, all jaw; saying of a talkative man or woman.
sheep's head
A fool, a simpleton— Gostanzo: What, sirrah, is that all? No entertainment to the gentlewoman? Valeria: Forsooth y'are welcome by my father's leave.
sheepish
Bashful. A sheepish fellow; a bashful or shamefaced fellow. To cast a sheep's eye at any thing; to look wishfully at it.
sheep’s eyes
Loving looks, "to make SHEEP’S EYES at a person," to cast amorous glances towards one on the sly.
sheet iron
hardtack.
sheila
A woman.
shekel
Money.
shelf
On the shelf, i.e. pawned.
shelf
"on the SHELF," not yet disposed of; young ladies are said to be so situated when they cannot meet with husbands. "On the SHELF" also means pawned, or laid by in trust.
shell jacket
An undress military jacket, fatigue jacket.
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
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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,
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