sweet hereafter
A pleasant or desirable situation that will occur in the future
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sweet Jesus
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
sweet Mary
an expression of surprise or shock
sweet Mary mother of God
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
sweet nothings
flattering or romantic words with no real meaning
sweet smell of success
a pleasant feeling of achieving something
sweet stuff
something pleasant or desirable
sweet summer child
A naive or innocent person
sweet young thing
An attractive and charming young person
sweeten the pill
make an unpleasant situation more acceptable
sweeten the pot
Make an offer more attractive by adding an incentive
sweeten up
become or make something more pleasant
sweetener
A person who runs up the prices of articles at an auction. See JOLLYING, BONNET, &c.
sweetheart deal
A contract or agreement that is extremely favorable to one party
sweetness
Guinea droppers, cheats, sharpers. To sweeten to decoy, or draw in. To be sweet upon; to coax, wheedle, court, or allure. He seemed sweet upon that wench; he seemed to court that girl.
sweetness and light
refers to pleasant and delightful things
swell
Excellent.
swell
A gentleman. A well-dressed map. The flashman bounced the swell of all his blunt; the girl's bully frightened the gentleman out of all his money.
swell
A man of importance; a person with a showy, jaunty exterior, "a rank SWELL," a very flashily dressed person, a man who by excessive dress apes a higher position than he actually occupies. Any one occupying a superior position in society is by the mob called a SWELL. Anything is said to be SWELL or SWELLISH that looks showy, or is many coloured, or is of a desirable quality.
swell hung in chains
Said of a showy man in the habit of wearing much jewellery.
swell mob
The better-dressed thieves and pickpockets.
swell up
become or make something larger or more intense
swelled head
A disorder to which horses are extremely liable, particularly those of the subalterns of the army. This disorder is generally occasioned by remaining too long in one livery-stable or inn, and often arises to that height that it prevents their coming out at the stable door. The most certain cure is the unguentum aureum--not applied to the horse, but to the palm of the master of the inn or stable. N. B.
swelled head
An exaggerated sense of one's own dignity, usefulness, importance, etc.
swift’s
Coarser pieces abound in vulgarities and Slang expressions.
swig
A hearty draught of liquor.
swig
To drink. Saxon, SWIGAN.
swigmen
Thieves who travel the country under colour of buying old shoes, old clothes, &c. or selling brooms, mops, &c. CANT.
swill
To drink inordinately. SWILL, hog-wash. From which the verb has possibly been derived.—Norfolk.
swim
"a good SWIM," a good run of luck, a long time out of the policeman’s clutches.—Thieves’ term. Among anglers "a good SWIM" is a good pitch for a part where fish are plentiful—that is, because a lot of fish keeping together are called a SWIM. Thus one who is in luck, is well connected, or is doing a good business, is said to be in a good SWIM.
swim upstream
to go against the majority or a strong opposition
swim with sharks
To engage in a risky or competitive situation
swimmer
A counterfeit old coin.
swimmers
sperms
swimming pool
a container filled with water for swimming
swindler
One who obtains goods on credit by false pretences, and sells them for ready money at any price, in order to make up a purse. This name is derived from the German word SCHWINDLIN, to totter, to be ready to fall; these arts being generally practised by persons on the totter, or just ready to break. The term SWINDLER has since been used to signify cheats of every kind.
swindler
Although a recognised word in standard dictionaries, commenced service as a slang term. It was used as such by the poor Londoners against the German Jews who set up in London about the year 1762, also by our soldiers in the German war about that time. SCHWINDELN, in German, signifies to cheat.
swing
To have one’s SWING is to have a full turn at anything.
swing back
to respond or react to something
swing both ways
To be attracted to or have relationships with both men and women.
swing by
to visit someone or someplace briefly while on the way to another destination
swing for the fences
To try extremely hard or take a big risk to achieve something
swing of things
to become accustomed to a situation or activity
swing round the circle
to return to the original point or situation
swing through
to visit or pass through a place briefly
swingeing
Large, huge, powerful. As a SWINGEING blow, SWINGEING damages, &c.
swinging
A great swinging fellow; a great stout fellow. A swinging lie; a lusty lie.
swinging the lead
Navy slang for concocting a plausible yarn to enable one to malinger.
swings and roundabouts
Gains and losses balance each other out
swipe
At cricket, to hit hard with a full swing of the bat. Most probably a condensation of "wipe swingeing" or "swinging wipe."
swipes
Purser's swipes; small beer: so termed on board the king's ships, where it is furnished by the purser.
swipes
Sour or small beer. SWIPE, to drink.—Sea.
swipey
(from SWIPES), intoxicated.
swish
To flog, derived perhaps from the sound. Maybe, a corruption of SWITCH.
swish tail
A pheasant; so called by the persons who sell game for the poachers.
swished
Or SWITCHED, married.
switch off
to stop something from operating
switch on
to start something working or operating
switch-hitting
Bisexual.
swizzle
Drink, or any brisk or windy liquor. In North America, a mixture of spruce beer, rum, and sugar, was so called. The 17th regiment had a society called the Swizzle Club, at Ticonderoga, A. D. 1760.
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