stock in trade
The fixed capital of a business; the goods, tools, and other requisites of a trade or profession.
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stock jobbers
Persons who gamble in Exchange Alley, by pretending to buy and sell the public funds, but in reality only betting that they will be at a certain price, at a particular time; possessing neither the stock pretended to be sold, nor money sufficient to make good the payments for which they contract: these gentlemen are known under the different appellations of bulls, bears, and lame ducks.
stock phrase
A common expression used in a particular context
stockdollager
A heavy blow, a "finisher." Italian, STOCCADO, a fencing term. Also (in a general sense), a disastrous event.—Americanism.
Stockwell Ghost
A supposed ghost that created a great sensation in Stockwell, London, in 1772. The author of the strange noises was Anne Robinson, a servant. Cp. COCK LANE.
stodge
To surfeit, gorge, or clog with food. STODGE is in some places bread and milk.
stodger
A bun.
stogie
A cigar.
Stolen fruit is the sweetest. (Strauss, 1994 p. 835)
Something obtained illicitly is more enjoyable
stoll
To understand.—North Country Cant.
stomach
To bear with, to be partial to. Mostly used in a negative character,—as, "I can’t STOMACH that."
stomach worm
The stomach worm gnaws; I am hungry.
stomper
A foot.
stomping ground
a person's favorite or familiar place
stone
Two stone under weight, or wanting; an eunuch. Stone doublet; a prison. Stone dead; dead as a stone.
Stone Age and beyond
They are cunningly made, with a lower layer of straw or reeds, and an upper layer of clay, and are kept filled mostly by mist and dew. The presence of a dew pond is a sure sign that ancient man dwelt in the neighbourhood.
stone cold
completely unfeeling or unemotional
stone dead
completely dead or unresponsive
stone deaf
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
stone jug
A prison.
stone of stumbling
An obstacle, stumbling- block, or an occasion for being hindered. The phrase is from Isa.
Stone soup
Bernard's soup. The story goes that a beggar asked alms at a lordly mansion, but was told by the servants they had nothing to give him. "Sorry for it," said the man, "but will you let me boil a little water to make some soup of this stone?" This was so novel a proceeding, that the curiosity of the servants was aroused, and the man was readily furnished with saucepan, water, and a spoon.
stone's throw
a very short distance
stones
Testicles; balls.
Stonewall Jackson
Thomas J. Jackson (1824-63), one of the Confederate generals in the American Civil War; so called because at the Battle of Bull Run (1861) General Bee, of South Carolina, observing his men to waver, exclaimed, "Look at Jackson's men; they stand like a stone wall!
stonkered
Beaten, defeated; exhausted.
Stony Arabia
A mistranslation of Arabia Petraa, where Petraea is supposed to be an adjective formed from the Greek petros (a stone) . The name is really taken from the city of Petra, the capital of the Nabathssans. Cp. YEMEN.
stoobs
Boots. } after them, if desired, and, as may be seen, some
stook
A pocket-handkerchief. A STOOK-HAULER, or "buzzer," is a thief who takes pocket-handkerchiefs.
Stool of Repentance
The cutty stool, a low stool placed in front of the pulpit in Scottish churches, on which persons who had incurred ecclesiastical censure were placed during divine service. When the service was over the penitent had to stand on the stool and receive the minister's rebuke.
Stool Pigeon
A police spy or informer; also a person employed by gamblers, etc.
stoop
The pillory. The cull was served for macing and napp'd the stoop; he was convicted of swindling, and put in the pillory.
stop a bullet
to take a severe impact or risk to protect someone
stop and drop
immediately stop what you're doing and take action
stop and go
characterized by frequent stops and starts
stop and smell the roses
Take time to appreciate and enjoy life's small pleasures
stop at nothing
Do whatever it takes to achieve a goal, regardless of ethics or morality
stop cold
to suddenly stop or be stopped
stop dead
to suddenly and completely stop moving or happening
stop hole abbey
The nick name of the chief rendzvous of the canting crew of beggars, gypsies, cheats, thieves, &c. &c.
stop over
To interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay.
stop press
News that is so important it interrupts regular reporting.
stop someone in their tracks
To suddenly and completely stop someone from doing something
stop the bleeding
to stop a situation from getting worse
stop the lights
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
stop the presses
Halt immediate action to address unexpected news or information
store away
remember or learn something for future use
store is no sore
Things stored up for future use are no evil. Sore means grief as well as wound, our sorrow.
Storks' law
A Roman law which obliged children to maintain their necessitous parents in old age, "in imitation of the stork." Also called "Antipelargia.
storm off
to leave quickly and angrily
storm out of the blocks
start something with great energy and speed
Stormy Petrel
See PETREL. Stornello Verses (stor nel' 6) are those in which certain words are harped on and turned about and about.
stormy weather
Difficult or troubled times
storrac
Carrots. } take it doubly.
story
A falsehood,—the soft synonym for a lie, allowed in family circles and boarding-schools. A Puritanism that came into fashion with the tirade against romances, all novels and stories being considered as dangerous and false.
stot
A young bullock. In Northumberland the term STOT means to rebound.
stoter
A great blow. Tip him a stoter in the haltering place; give him a blow under the left ear.
stotor
A heavy blow, a settler.—Old Cant.
stoup
A vessel to hold liquor: a vessel containing a size or half a pint, is so called at Cambridge.
stovepipe hat
A tall, flat-crowned hat
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