slop out
to empty and clean a toilet or chamber pot
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slop seller
A dealer in those articles, who keeps a slop shop.
slope
To decamp, to run, or rather slip away. Some persons think it came originally from LOPE, to make off; and that the s probably became affixed as a portion of the preceding word, as in the case of "Let’s lope," let us run. It is purely an Americanism, and is possibly but an emendation of our own word elope. Lope, leap, and elope are kindred.
slops
Wearing apparel and bedding used by seamen.
slops
Any weak, wet, and warm mixture. Hard drinkers regard all effeminate beverages as SLOPS.
slopshop
A tailor’s shop where inferior work is done, and where cheap goods are sold.
sloshed
Very drunk.
slouch
A stooping gait, a negligent slovenly fellow. To slouch; to hang down one's head. A slouched hat: a hat whose brims are let down.
Slough of Despond
A period of, or fit of, great depression. In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Pro- gress, Pt. i, it is a deep bog which Christian has to cross in order to get to the Wicket Gate. Help comes to his aid, but Neighbour Pliable turns back.
slour
To lock, or fasten.—Prison Cant.
sloured
Buttoned up; SLOURED HOXTER, an inside pocket buttoned up.
slow and steady
Proceeding carefully and consistently to achieve a goal
slow and steady wins the race
Consistent effort is more important than quickness or speed
Slow and steady wins the race. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1155)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
slow as Christmas
Very slow.
slow as tar
Very slow.
slow burn
A feeling of anger or resentment that builds gradually over time
slow is smooth, smooth is fast
Deliberate and careful action leads to efficiency and speed
slow march
a funeral procession
slow off the mark
To react or start slowly
slow on the uptake
slow to understand or react to something
slow study
A person who learns slowly or with difficulty
slow up
to slow down or become less active
slow- worm
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
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