stick to someone's ribs
To be filling and satisfying
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stick to something
Continue doing or using something
stick together
Remain united and supportive of each other
stick up
to stand up or defend something
stick with
to continue doing or using something
stick-up
To keep any one waiting at an appointed place or time. To leave a friend or acquaintance to pay the whole or an undue share of a tavern bill.
stick-ups
Or GILLS, shirt collars.
sticker
One not likely to be easily shaken off, a stayer.
sticker shock
A feeling of surprise or shock at something's high price
sticking plaster
A temporary or superficial solution to a problem
sticking point
A problem or issue that causes disagreement or delay
stickings
Coarse, bruised, or damaged meat sold to sausage-makers and penny pie-shops.
sticks
crutches
sticks
Household furniture.
sticks
Furniture, or household chattels; "pick up your STICKS and cut!" summary advice to a person to take himself and furniture away.
sticks and stones
Words cannot hurt as much as physical objects
sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
Physical harm is easier to recover from than emotional harm caused by insults
sticky fingers
Having a tendency to steal or take things that do not belong to you
sticky-icky
Marijuana.
stiff
Paper, a bill of acceptance, &c.; "how did you get it, STIFF or hard?" i.e., did he pay you cash or give a bill? "To do a bit of STIFF," to accept a bill. See KITE.
stiff as a board
Very stiff.
stiff as a poker
Very stiff.
stiff upper lip
To remain calm and composed in difficult situations
stiff-fencer
A street-seller of writing paper.
still as a stock
stock still
still waters run deep
A quiet person may have hidden depths or strengths
stills
Undertakers’ slang term for STILL-BORN children. The fee paid by nurses and others for their disposal is usually 2s. 6d. A separate coffin is never given; the STILLS are quietly introduced into one containing an adult about to be buried. STILLS are allowed to accumulate at an undertaker’s until they sometimes number as many as a dozen. Some little time back a very bulky coffin was opened, and found to contain a large quantity of small corpses packed carefully round a large corpse.
stilton
"that’s the STILTON," or "it’s not the STILTON," i.e., that is quite the thing, or that is not quite the thing;—affected rendering of "that is not the CHEESE," which see.
stingo
Strong beer, or other liquor.
stingo
Strong liquor.—Yorkshire.
stink
A disagreeable exposure. "To stir up a STINK" is to make a disclosure which is generally unpleasant in its effect.
stink a buzzard off a gut wagon
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
stink a dog off a gut wagon
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
stink a skunk off a gut wagon
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
stink eye
a dirty or disgusted look
stink on ice
To be completely and utterly useless or worthless
stink pretty
Perfume.
stink the joint out
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
stinkhole
A filthy, squalid place.
stinking
Very drunk.
stinko
Drunk
stinkomalee
A name given to the then New London University by Theodore Hook. Probably because some cow-houses and dunghills stood on the original site. Some question about Trincomalee was agitated at the same time. It is still applied by the students of the old Universities, who regard it with disfavour from its admitting all denominations.
stipe
A stipendiary magistrate.—Provincial.
stir
A prison, a lock-up; "in STIR," in gaol. Anglo-Saxon, STYR, correction, punishment.
stir shit
to cause trouble or provoke a reaction
stir someone's blood
Excite or arouse someone's emotions or passions
stir the embers
To revive or rekindle a dying relationship or situation
Stir Up Sunday
The last Sunday in Trinity. So called from the first two words of the collect. "Stir up, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the wills of Thy faithful people . . .". It was an old custom to stir the Christmas plum pudding on this day, hence the old schoolboy rhyme beginning, "Stir up, we beseech thee, the pudding in the pot.
stir-up sunday
The Sunday next before Advent, the collect for that day commencing with the words, "Stir up." Schoolboys, growing excited at the prospect of the vacation, irreverently commemorate it by stirring up—pushing and poking each other. "Crib-crust Monday" and "tug-button Tuesday" are distinguished by similar tricks; while on "pay-off Wednesday" they retaliate small grudges in a playful facetious way.
Stirling Castle
Their presence was unsus- pected, and was revealed through the bare- footed scouts treading on thistles and suddenly crying out; the alarm was given, the Scots fell upon the party and defeated them with terrible slaughter.
stirrup cup
A parting cup or glass, drank on horseback by the person taking leave.
stirrup cup
A "parting cup," given, especially m the Highlands, to guests on leaving when their feet are in the stirrups. Cp.
stirrup oil
A beating; a variety of "strap oil" (0.V.).
stitch
A nick name for a taylor: also a term for lying with a woman.
stitch and bitch
Socialize while sewing or doing needlework.
stiver-cramped
Needy, wanting money. A stiver is a Dutch coin, worth somewhat more than a penny sterling.
stoated
Drunk.
stock
A good stock; i.e. of impudence. Stock and block; the whole: he has lost stock and block.
stock
"To STOCK cards" is to arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes.
Stock Exchange itself
Hence also Capel Courtier, a humorous term for a professional stock-dealer. So called from Sir William Capel, Lord Mayor in 1504.
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