• S.B.
n. 1. a sonofabitch; a derogatory term of abuse …L19 US euphemism
n. 2. bacon (Sour Bosom/Belly) …L19 US sl.
• S.B.A.
n. nothing; Sweet Bugger All …20C sl.
• S.B.D.
n. the breaking of wind silently and with a foul smell (Silent But Deadly) …1960s sl.
• ‘SBLOOD!
int. used as an oath; euphemism for ‘God’s blood’ …1590 obs.
• ‘SBOBS!
int. an oath; “God’s body” …M17 euphemism
• ‘SBODY!
int. an oath; “God’s body” …M17 euphemism
• ‘SBUD!
int. an oath; “God’s blood” …L16 euphemism
• S.C.
n. South Central Los Angeles …1990s African-American teen sl.
• SCAA
n. 1. a shade, a shadow …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a thin, miserable-looking person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAAVLE
vb. to crawl, to scramble …1921 Sc.
• SCAB
adj. 1. pert. to strike-breakers or strike-breaking …L19 sl.
adj. 2. illegal, as of an after-hours drinking club …1960s sl.
n. 1. an unpleasant or despicable man …1590
n. 2. a sheriff’s officer; a constable …L16 sl.
n. 3. a prostitute …17C sl.
n. 4. a worker who refuses to join a labour union or to participate in a union strike, who takes a striking worker’s place on the job, or the like; a strike-breaker …1777
n. 5. a rascal or scoundrel …sl.
n. 6. a grievance …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a cow or steer less than one year old …1907 Amer. dial.
n. 8. an amateur …1950 sl.
n. 9. an unattractive person …1960s African-American & college sl.
n. 10. an inmate who curries favour with the authorities …1970s NZ prison sl.
n. 11. one who attempts to beg money or food …1990s UK juvenile sl.
vb. 1. to break a strike, to refuse to join a union or any form of mass action …19C
vb. 2. to brand a company or fellow worker as a strike-breaker …19C
vb. 3. to take a job without belonging to the relevant union …1920s sl.
vb. 4. of an inmate: to curry favour with the authorities …1970s NZ prison sl.
• SCAB-ANDREW
n. a worthless fellow …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCABBADO
n. syphilis …M17 sl.
• SCABBARD
n. the vagina …17C sl.
• SCABBED
adj. 1. mean, paltry, worthless, petty; ill-looking, shabby …1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. cheated in a deal …1960s drug culture sl.
• SCABBER
n. a lout; an idle fellow …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCABBERT
adj. 1. scabbed, bare …1824 Sc.
adj. 2. socially pretentious, snobbish, aspiring to gentility …1825 Sc.
adj. 3. destitute, down-and-out …1832 Sc.
n. 1. a low-lifed, scabby-minded individual …1824 Sc.
n. 2. a strong-made person of somewhat stubborn, disagreeable temperament …1866 Sc.
• SCABBERY
n. the betrayal of one’s fellow workers, the breaking of a strike …20C Aust. & US sl.
• SCABBIT
adj. mean, worthless, shabby, paltry …1701 Sc.
• SCABBLE
vb. 1. to squabble, to quarrel, to wrangle acrimoniously …1804 Sc. obs.
vb. 2. to scold …1804 Sc. obs.
• SCABBLE-AND-GOW
n. tumultuous talking, as amongst angry women …1864 Eng. dial.
• SCABBLE-OUT
n. an idle, drunken scamp …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCABBY
adj. 1. of a person or thing: unpleasant, contemptible, distasteful …M17
adj. 2. dirty, shabby; worthless; mean, stingy; contemptible …1851 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. non-union …L19 Aust. sl.
n. a non-union worker …1910s Aust. sl.
• SCABBY EYE
n. a pie …20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• SCABBY-GULLION
n. a stew of hashed meat and potatoes …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCABBY-NECK
n. a native of Denmark …M19 sl.
• SCABBY SHEEP
n. a person who has been in questionable society or under unholy influence, and become tainted; a corrupt person …M19 sl.
• SCABELY
adj. scraggy, untidy, naked-looking …1921 Sc.
• SCABER
vb. to dash, to romp …1933 Amer. dial.
• SCABER AROUND
vb. to gad about …1938 Amer. dial.
• SCABIOPHOBIA
n. Bk1991 – an abnormal fear of scabies
• SCAB NECK
n. an unpleasant person …L16 sl.
• SCABROUS
adj. 1. full of difficulties
adj. 2. indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene
• SCAD
n. 1. semen …E17 sl.
n. 2. a piece of money; a dollar …19C Amer. arch.
n. 3. any colour slightly or obliquely seen as by reflection; the reflection itself; a faint gleam …1804 Sc.
n. 4. a sudden and brief shower of rain …1825 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a tuft of grass; a slab of peat …1889 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a hurry, bustle; agitation, fluster …1897 Sc.
n. 7. the fry of salmon …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. to soil by frequent use; to fade; used esp. of dress …Bk1904 Sc.
• SCADDEM
n. an incompetent smith …Bk1904 Sc.
• SCADDER
n. a brief shower of rain …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCADDERIZE
vb. to shrink, to shrivel …1825 Sc.
• SCADDERIZED
adj. of persons: shrivelled, wizened …1825 Sc.
• SCADDIN
n. 1. a lean emaciated person or animal …1866 Sc.
n. 2. any worthless or contemptible person or thing; trash …1884 Sc.
n. 3. the smallest or least valuable playing-cards in a game …1921 Sc.
• SCADDLE
adj. 1. wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog …1691 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. timid; easily frightened …1894 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of horses: nervous, skittish, wild …1901 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. of a cow: having short horns …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 1. confusion; mischief …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to scare, to frighten …1874 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to run off in a fright …1901 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to dare one to do anything …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCADDOW
n. shadow …1818 Sc. obs.
• SCADDY
adj. of the weather: showery …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCADE
adj. ravenous, devouring …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.
n. hurt, damage, harm, mischief …1899 Sc.
vb. to hurt, to injure …Bk1904 Sc.
• SCADGAN
n. a tramp; a disreputable-looking fellow …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCADGE
n. a mean, scrounging person; one who curries favour …1896 Sc.
vb. to ask for, to cadge …1898 Sc.
• SCADGER
n. a term of abuse; a mean, contemptible person; someone who always wants a loan …M19 sl.
• SCADLY
adj. greedy, greedy of; destructive …1888 Eng. dial.
• SCADOODLE
vb. to run off, to leave in a hurry …M19 sl.
• SCADOODLES
n. great quantities; a very large number or amount …1869 Amer. dial.
• SCADS
n. 1. a great number or quantity …19C Amer. colloq.
n. 2. money … Bk1903 sl.
• SCADYIN
n. 1. anything very small and insignificant …1884 Ireland
n. 2. a very small potato …1898 Ireland
• SCAFE
adj. wild, rude; awkward, esp. used of boys; full of fear …1884 Eng. dial.
n. a wild, thoughtless person, esp. a boy or young man; a rascal; a lazy ne’er-do-well …1881 Eng. dial.
vb. to lead a roving, vagabond life …1847 Eng. dial.
• SCAFF
n. 1. food, provisions of any kind …1768 Sc.
n. 2. diversion, merriment …1802 Sc. obs.
n. 3. of persons: riff-raff, the rabble …1815 Sc.
n. 4. refuse, worthless rubbish …1815 Sc.
n. 5. a heavy but brief shower of rain …1824 Sc. obs.
n. 6. an idle, restless person, one who idly wanders about …1866 Sc.
n. 7. the act of going about idly, roaming around in search of amusement or on the scrounge …1866 Sc.
n. 8. spoil, booty, anything found by scrounging and appropriated …1904 Sc.
n. 9. anything collected by dishonourable or importunate begging …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 10. mashed potatoes …1921 Sc.
n. 11. progress, headway in any task or purpose …1929 Sc.
vb. 1. to eat or drink greedily …1823 Sc.
vb. 2. to scrounge, to go about looking for food or anything else that may be picked up …1827 Sc.
vb. 3. to scoff, to ridicule …1844 Sc.
vb. 4. to wander about in an idle manner; to roam around …1866 Sc.
vb. 5. to provide food; to devise means for obtaining food; to sponge; to collect by dishonourable means …Bk1904 Sc.
• SCAFF-AND-RAFF
n. 1. abundant provisions …1806 Sc. obs.
n. 2. the dregs of the populace; the riff-raff, the rabble …1815 Sc. obs.
• SCAFFE
n. a smoke of marijuana …1970s Aust. drug culture sl.
• SCAFFIE
n. a scavenger, a street-sweeper …1853 Sc.
• SCAFFING
n. food of any kind; abundant provision …1827 Sc. obs.
• SCAFFLE
vb. 1. to equivocate …1884 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to change one’s mind; to go back from a promise or bargain …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to scramble …Bk1904 Eng dial.
vb. 4. to work hard for a livelihood …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAFFLING
n. 1. scaffolding …1824 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an eel …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAFFOLD BOARD
n. said of a person with low intelligence …20C Brit. sl.
• SCAFFOLDING
n. dental braces …20C Brit. sl.
• SCAFFOLD POLE
n. a chipped potato …L19 sl.
• SCAFF-RAFF
n. 1. abundant provisions …1815 Sc.
n. 2. of persons: riff-raff, the rabble …1815 Sc.
• SCAFFY
adj. of a shower of rain: heavy, but soon over …Bk1904 Sc.
• SCAG
n. 1. putrid fish, esp. herrings …1892 Sc.
n. 2. a cigarette …1915 sl. orig. US
n. 3. a cigarette butt …1915 sl., orig. US
n. 4. bad liquor …1940s sl.
n. 5. an unattractive woman …1960s US college & Black sl.
n. 6. heroin …1965 sl.
vb. to render putrid by exposure to the sun and air …Bk1904 Sc.
• SCAGE
n. a throw …1897 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to throw stones, to pelt; to strike with a stick …1897 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to win …1897 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to run violently …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGED
adj. 1. shaggy, hairy …1777 Eng. dial. obs.
adj. 2. addicted to heroin …1970s drug culture sl.
• SCAGGED OUT
adj. addicted to heroin …1970s drug culture sl.
• SCAGGER
n. a young salmon …1653
• SCAGGIE
adj. tarnished, shabby …1825 Sc.
• SCAGGLE
adj. timid …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. to choke, to strangle, to suffocate …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAGGY
adj. shaggy, hairy …1777 Eng. dial.
• SCAG HAG
n. 1. a female heroin addict …1990s sl.
n. 2. one who enjoys associating with heroin addicts …1990s sl.
• SCAGHEAD
n. a heroin addict …1990s sl.
• SCAGING
n. a beating …1897 Eng. dial.
• SCAG JONES
n. a heroin addiction …1960s US drug culture sl.
• SCAGMAGLY
adj. worthless …1866 Eng. dial.
• SCAG-NASTY
n. an unpleasant person …1990s UK juvenile sl.
• SCAIF
adj. distant, scattered abroad …1864 Eng. dial.
• SCAIL
n. a dispersion, scattering, distribution …1864 Sc.
• SCAIL-WIND
n. a scattering wind …1709 Sc. obs.
• SCAINGE
vb. to obtain anything by long and serious effort; generally used in a bad sense …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAIRY
n. a shadow, reflection …1899 Sc.
• SCAITCH
vb. to beat or thrash with a stick or rod …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAL
n. a hooligan youth …1960s sl.
• SCALAN
n. a rude hut or shelter …1770 Sc.
• SCALAWAG
n. 1. a native White southerner who collaborated with the occupying forces during Reconstruction, often for personal gain …19C U.S. Hist.
n. 2. a rogue; a rascal; a scamp; a good-for-nothing; a deceiver …1848 Amer. dial.
n. 3. an animal of poor quality or little value …1854 Amer. dial.
• SCALBERT
n. a low-minded, evil-living person …1824 Sc. obs.
• SCALCH
n. a morning drink …1773 Sc.
• SCALCK
n. a morning dram of spirits …1773 Sc.
• SCALD
adj. 1. suffering from venereal disease …L16 sl.
adj. 2. scabbed, scurfy, affected with eczema or ringworm …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 1. an ancient Scandinavian poet; in general, a poet …1763
n. 2. trouble, vexation, injury; a disgust …1813 Sc.
n. 3. any hot drink, esp. tea …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a multitude; a great number; a good deal …1893 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to infect with venereal disease …L16 sl.
vb. 2. to be mortified …L19 Irish sl.
vb. 3. to reprimand, to scold …L19 Irish sl.
vb. 4. to trouble, to pain, to vex; to disgust …1877 Sc.
vb. 5. to make tea …20C Irish sl.
• SCALDACHAN
n. an unfeathered nestling …1899 Sc.
• SCALDED
adj. 1. suffering from venereal disease …17C sl.
adj. 2. rejected …1980s US college sl.
• SCALDED EGG
n. a poached egg …1934 Amer. dial.
• SCALDER
n. 1. a sore or ‘angry’ place …1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. venereal disease …E19 sl.
n. 3. tea …L19 sl.
n. 4. a jellyfish …1888 Sc.
vb. to scald; to blister the skin by heat or friction …1808 Eng. dial.
• SCALDERED
adj. blistered, sore, chafed …1796 Eng. dial.
• SCALDIE
n. an unfledged young bird, a nestling …1903 Sc.
• SCALDING
adj. partial …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. a beating …M19 US sl.
• SCALD ONE’S LIPS IN OTHER FOLK’S KAIL; SCALD ONE’S LIPS IN OTHER FOLK’S KALE
vb. to meddle with other people’s business …1773 Sc.
• SCALDRUM
n. a beggar who deliberately burns his body with acids and gunpowder to stimulate scars and wounds that should soften the hearts of those from he begs …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
• SCALDRUM-DODGE
n. the practice of deliberately burning the body with a mixture of acids and gunpowder so as to stimulate scars and wounds that should soften the hearts of those from whom one begs …M19 tramps’ sl.
• SCALD THE HEART
vb. to trouble, to pain, to vex; to disgust …1877 Sc.
• SCALDY
adj. stingy …20C Irish sl.
n. 1. the bare top of the head …1897 Sc. obs.
n. 2. an unfledged bird; a fledgeling …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a bald-headed or very short-haired person; hence, a baby …20C Irish sl.
n. 4. a mean, cadging person …20C Irish sl.
• SCALE
n. 1. a flight of stairs obs.
n. 2. a drinking cup, a bowl …1616 Eng. dial. obs.
n. 3. a ladder; a flight of steps …1705 Sc. obs.
n. 4. a temporary hut or shelter; a wooden shed …1787 Eng. dial.
n. 5. the sound of waves breaking upon the shore; a hurricane, a scattering wind or storm …1790 Sc.
n. 6. anything that has been scattered or separated from its fellows …1827 Sc. obs.
n. 7. a dispersion, scattering, distribution …1864 Sc.
n. 8. money …1872 US sl.
n. 9. the first thin coating of ice on a body of water …1896 Amer. dial.
n. 10. a sixpence …a1900 Sc. sl.
n. 11. a hill of steep ascent …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 12. the ivory, horn, or other covering of the handle of a knife …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 13. a louse …1960s US prison sl.
vb. 1. to spill, to upset; to overflow …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to dismiss, to disperse a gathering of people …1681 Sc.
vb. 3. to mount a woman …17C colloq.
vb. 4. to rip a seam; to tear …1768 Sc.
vb. 5. to scatter, to spread about; to waste, to lavish …1776 Sc.
vb. 6. to cross, to pass over …1776 Sc.
vb. 7. to throw at, to pelt; to throw stones at …1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 8. of a meeting, congregation, etc. of people: to disperse, to separate …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 9. to scatter or level mole-hills …1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 10. to stir, to poke, or to rake out a fire; to clear away the ashes …1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 11. to change …1851 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 12. to skip, to bounce, to ricochet …a1870 Amer. dial.
vb. 13. to skip a flat stone on a body of water …1877 Amer. dial.
vb. 14. to impress; to astound …1887 sl.
vb. 15. to depart from a place; to go off, to retreat …1896 Sc.
vb. 16. to retract one’s word; to draw back …1898 Sc.
vb. 17. to impress, to astonish …L19 sl.
vb. 18. to swindle, to cheat; to fail to pay what is owed …1904 Aust. & NZ sl.
vb. 18. of a gun: to discharge it …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 20. to beat …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 21. to divulge …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 22. to ride illicitly free on a train, tram, bus …c1920 Aust. sl.
vb. 23. to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one’s own motion …20C sl.
vb. 24. to steal a thing, to rob a person, to defraud …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
vb. 25. of a bird: to glide …1948 Amer. dial.
vb. 26. to weigh a measure of a drug …1990s drug culture sl.
• SCALE A TRAIN
vb. to board and ride a train without paying …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCALE-BACKED ‘UN
n. a louse; generally used in the plural …1923 sl.
• SCALE BOY
n. one who weighs and measures out portions of a drug …1990s drug culture sl.
• SCALE-BREAK
n. a sudden scattering or dispersion; the noise or commotion made by a dispersing crowd …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. to scatter, to disperse …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALEBRICK
n. a wild prank …1877 Eng. dial.
• SCALE-FIRE
n. a house or town on fire …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.
• SCALEMENT
n. a scattering, dispersion …1793 Sc.
• SCALE OFF
vb. 1. of bad weather: to clear off, to lift …1898 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one’s own motion; to leave surreptitiously or speedily …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCALE ON
vb. to treat someone sarcastically …1930s sl.
• SCALER
n. 1. one who rides illegally for free on public transport …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. a thief, a fraud, a swindler; in NZ, esp. one who decamps with his mates’ share of the loot …c1920 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SCALERAKER
n. a town scavenger; one who sweeps and cleans the streets …1680 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALES
n. 1. a flight of steps …1658 Eng. dial. obs.
n. 2. a fish-market …1871 Eng. dial.
n. 3. money …1872 US sl.
• SCALE-SET
vb. to separate, to scatter, to disperse …1897 Sc.
• SCALE-STAIRS
n. a straight or square staircase in opposition to a spiral one …1705 Sc.
• SCALE THE BIKE
vb. to dismiss, to disperse a gathering of people …1852
• SCALE UP
vb. of bad weather: to clear off, to lift …1898 Amer. dial.
• SCALE-WIND
n. a scattering wind; a hurricane …1709 Sc.
• SCALF
n. a small splinter …1790 Ireland
• SCALIE
n. a strike-breaker or anyone who stands out against a mass action …L18
• SCALING
n. riding for free on buses, etc. …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCALK
adj. bald …1931 Sc.
n. baldness, hairlessness …1936 Sc.
• SCALL
n. 1. dandruff …1250
n. 2. a scab, a blister; a skin sore …1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. to scold; to abuse …1820 Sc.
• SCALLAG
n. a kind of bond-servant who carried kelp and did all the hard work …1793 Sc. obs.
• SCALLAWAG
n. 1. a rogue; a rascal; a scamp; a good-for-nothing; a deceiver …1848 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an animal of poor quality or little value; undersized or ill-conditioned cattle …1854 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a White Southerner who was willing to accept the terms of Reconstruction after the US Civil War (1861-5) …M19 US sl.
• SCALLIBRAT
n. a noisy, screaming child; a scold, a virago …1889 Eng. dial.
vb. to scold; to use loud and vituperative language …1892 Eng. dial.
• SCALLIONS
n. a boys’ name for a good beating or thrashing …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALLOP
n. 1. a small torn piece …1876 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an awkward girl; an untidy, romping girl; a tomboy …Bl1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALLOPED POTATOES
n. sunburned testicles …1970s US homosexual sl.
• SCALLOPS
n. an awkward girl; an untidy, romping girl; a tomboy …Bl1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALLOWAG
n. 1. a ne’er-do-well; a disreputable person …1848 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a White Southerner who was willing to accept the terms of Reconstruction after the US Civil War (1861-5) …M19 US sl.
• SCALLY
adj. pert. to a hooligan …1990s sl.
n. a young man who may range from a lovable rogue to a hooligan; a ne’er-do-well …1986 Brit. sl.
• SCALLYART
n. a hard slap or blow …1825 Sc.
• SCALLYBATCH
n. a woman addicted to spending much time in neighbours’ houses; a gadabout gossiping woman …1911 Sc.
• SCALLY-BRAT
n. a passionate, noisy child; a young vixen; a scold, a virago …1889 Eng. dial.
• SCALLYHOOT
vb. to go or depart quickly; to gallivant …1869 Amer. dial.
• SCALLYWAG
n. 1. a White Southerner who was willing to accept the terms of Reconstruction after the US Civil War (1861-5) …M19 US sl.
n. 2. a rogue; a rascal; a scamp; a good-for-nothing; a deceiver …1848 Amer. dial.
n. 3. undersized or ill-conditioned cattle …M19 sl.
n. 4. a political intriguer; a corrupt politician …L19 sl., orig. US
n. 5. the penis …1990s US sl.
• SCALLYWAGGERY
n. roguery, political opportunism …L19 sl.
• SCALLYWAGGING
adj. acting in a corrupt manner …L19 sl.
• SCALLYWAGISM
n. roguery, political opportunism …L19 sl.
• SCALLYWAMPUS
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCALLYWHAMPUS
adj. splendid, fine …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCALP
n. 1. a small profit made in quick buying and selling …20C
n. 2. a wig …20C Brit. sl. rare
vb. 1. to graze, to mark in passing; to scrape …1863 Sc. & 1902 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to buy and sell stocks so as to make small quick profits …colloq.
vb. 3. to sell stock, tickets, etc. at below or (now) above the official rates …1886 orig. US
vb. 4. to beat about the head; to flog …1889 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to check …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to grow weary; to become dispirited …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to take a commission on a bet …1930s gambling sl.
vb. 8. to re-sell any item for a profit …1940s sl.
vb. 9. to perform cunnilingus …1970s African-American sl.
vb. 10. to capture the insignia or ‘patch’ of a rival gang member …1990s NZ sl.
• SCALPEEN
n. a pickled mackerel …1848 Ireland
• SCALPER
n. 1. someone who sells tickets, esp. below or (now) above the official rates …1869, orig. US
n. 2. one who buys the unused portions of long-distance railroad tickets in order to sell them at a profit …L19 sl.
n. 3. a merciless person, esp. in financial dealings …L19 sl.
n. 4. a person who bets in such a way that he never loses …1950s gambling sl.
• SCALP HUNTER
n. a homosexual who likes to seduce otherwise heterosexual males …1960s US homosexual sl.
• SCALPING
n. 1. working as a ticket tout …L19 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a short haircut …20C Brit. sl.
• SCALPIONS
n. salt dried fish, generally whiting …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALP ONE FOR A JAY
vb. to dupe, to swindle …1890 sl.
• SCALPOUR
n. a strumpet …1837 Sc.
• SCALP-SPLITTING
n. a fight …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALP TICKET
n. the unused half of a return ticket …1940s Aust. sl.
• SCALPTIZE
vb. 1708 obs. – to scratch
• SCALT
adj. scalded …1795 Amer. dial.
• SCALT EGG
n. a poached egg …1934 Amer. dial.
• SCALVA
n. snow in broad flakes, wet snow; heaps of snow …1898 Sc.
• SCALY
adj. 1. despicable …L18 sl.
adj. 2. miserly, stingy, mean; thievish, dishonest, tricky …1851 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. sick, run-down …L18 sl.
adj. 4. shabby …M19 sl.
adj. 5. unpleasant …M19 sl.
adj. 6. of ice: thin …1896 Amer. dial.
adj. 7. grumpy, ill-tempered …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
adj. 8. thin, slender; light …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
adj. 9. lousy, infested with lice …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a mean, stingy fellow …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a tall, thinly-made person or animal …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a crocodile …1930s Aust. sl.
• SCALY-BACK
n. a treacherous, untrustworthy person …20C Brit. sl.
• SCALY-BACKED REPTILE
n. a treacherous, untrustworthy person …20C Brit. sl.
• SCALY BLOKE
n. a thin man …1930s NZ sl.
• SCALY FISH
n. an honest, rough, blunt sailor …L18 sl.
• SCALYLEG
adj. promiscuous …1960s US sl.
n. a promiscuous woman; a prostitute …1960s US sl.
vb. to work as the cheapest level of prostitute …1960s US sl.
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