• ST. JO
n. Saint Joseph, Missouri …M19 US tramps’ sl.
• ST. JOE
n. Saint Joseph, Missouri …M19 US tramps’ sl.
• ST. JOHNSTONE’S TIPPET
n. the noose …E19 sl.
• ST. JOHNSTON’S TIPPET
n. a jocular name for a hangman’s rope …1814 Sc. obs.
• ST. JOHN’S WOOD DONA
n. an up-market prostitute or kept woman …L19 sl.
• ST. LOO
n. Saint Louis, Missouri …L19 US sl.
• ST. LOOIE
n. Saint Louis, Missouri …L19 US sl.
• ST. LOUIS BLUES
n. shoes …1960s Aust. rhyming sl.
• ST. LOUIS FLATS
n. flat, moccasin-like shoes with a design on the toe – often a club, diamond, or other playing-card suit; a style of shoe popular among jazz musicians and gamblers …1900s African-American sl.
• ST. LUBBOCK
n. a drunken riot …L19 sl.
• ST. LUBBOCKS DAY
n. a bank holiday …L19 sl.
• ST. LUKE’S BIRD
n. an ox …L18 sl.
• ST. MARGET’S ALE;
n. water …E17 sl.
• ST. MARGRET’S ALE
n. water …E17 sl.
• ST. MARTIN’S
n. hand …M19 rhyming sl. for ‘St. Martin-le-Grand’
• ST. MARTIN’S LACE
n. fake gold lace …E17 sl.
• ST. MARTIN’SLE GRAND
n. hand …M19 rhyming sl.
• ST. MARTIN’S RINGS
n. imitation gold rings …1589
• ST. MARTIN’S STUFF
n. counterfeit goods of any sort …E17 sl.
• ST. MARTIN’S WARE
n. counterfeit goods of any sort …E17 sl.
• ST. MARY
n. a homosexual male …1980s Aust. sl.
• ST. NICHOLAS’S CLERGYMAN
n. a highwayman …L16 sl.
• ST. NICHOLAS’S CLERK
n. a highwayman …L16 sl.
• STOCHASTIC
adj. given to or able to conjecture …1662 now rare or obs.
• STOCIOUS
adj. drunk …1937 sl., chiefly Anglo-Irish
• STOCK
n. a pocket handkerchief …M19 sl.
• STOCK AND BLOCK
adv. 1. everything, the whole, one’s whole possessions …1725 obs.
adv. 2. completely …B1900
• STOCK BEAST
n. a male domestic animal used for breeding, esp. a bull …1890 Amer. euphemism
• STOCK-DOLAGER; STOCK-DOLLAGER
n. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOCKISH
adj. stupid or dull
• STOCKS OF TIN
n. any amount of money …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• STOCK-STILL
adj. absolutely still, motionless
• STOCK THE CARDS
vb. to prepare cards for cheating purposes …Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• STOCKY
adj. thickset; sturdy
• STODGE
n. 1. food …1890 sl.
n. 2. heavy, usually fattening food …1963 sl.
n. 3. a dull person or subject
vb. to stuff (oneself or another) with food
• STODGER
n. a dull or lifeless person …Brit. colloq.
• STODGY
adj. 1. excessively formal and conventional
adj. 2. of food: heavy or uninteresting
adj. 3. muddy; oozy …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOGIE; STOGY
n. any long cylindrical inexpensive cigar …19C US sl.
• STOICHEIOTICAL
adj. pertaining to magic …1646 obs. rare
• STOITER
n. a lurch, or unsteady movement; a stumble …Sc.
vb. to stagger or stumble …Sc.
• STOKE
vb. to excite; to cause to lose composure; to overwhelm emotionally …1963 sl., chiefly surfing usage
• STOKED
adj. very pleased; elated; excited, enthusiastic …1960s sl.
• STOKED ON
adj. fond of; enthusiastic about; liking …1963 orig. & chiefly surfing sl.
• STOLE
n. tobacco …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOMACH
n. 1. pride …obs.
n. 2. desire, appetite, or inclination
• STOMACHFUL
adj. 1. characterized by anger or resentment
adj. 2. spirited; brave
adj. 3. strong-willed, stubborn, or obstinate
• STOMACHLESS
adj. lacking courage
• STOMACH ROBBER
n. a cook …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOMACH-TIMBER
n. food …1820 sl.
• THE STOMACH WORM GNAWS
phr. I am hungry …B1900 sl.
• STOMACHY
adj. 1. easily angered; irritable …Eng. dial.
adj. 2. having a large belly; paunchy
• STOMPER
n. a large heavy shoe …1899 sl., orig. US
• STOMPIE
n. a cigarette butt; also, a partially smoked cigarette, esp. one stubbed out and kept for relighting later …1947 S. Afr. sl.
• STOMP SOMEONE’S BUZZ
vb. to depress someone; to destroy someone’s enjoyment or pleasure; to disappoint someone …1980s sl.
• STONACHY
n. 1. a flogging …L18 possible naval usage
n. 2. a cosh, a bludgeon …L20 cant
• STONAKER
n. 1. a flogging …L18 possible naval usage
n. 2. a cosh, a bludgeon …L20 cant
• STONE
n. a diamond …1904 criminals’ sl.
• STONE-BROKE
adj. having no money …1886 sl.
• STONE BRUISE
n. any bruise on the sole of the foot …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STONED
adj. 1. drunk, fully intoxicated …1952 sl., orig. US
adj. 2. in a drugged state …1953 sl., orig. US
• STONE-DEAD
adj. completely lifeless
• STONE DOUBLET
n. 1698 obs. sl. – a prison
• STONE FENCE
n. undiluted whisky …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STONE FRIGATE
n. 1. a naval shore establishment or barracks …1917 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a prison on land …World War I Amer. sl.
• STONEHORSE
n. a stallion or uncastrated male horse
• ֳSTONE-JUG
n. a prison …Bk1891 sl.
• STONE ME!
int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment …1961
• STONE ON THE CHEST
n. tuberculosis …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STONE OUT
vb. to experience the effect of a drug …1952 sl., orig. US
• STONER
n. a person who is habitually under the influence of drugs or alcohol …20C sl.
• STONES
n. 1. testicles …1154 sl.
n. 2. dominoes …sl.
n. 3. crack …Bk1998 drug culture sl.
• STONE’S THROW
n. a short distance
• STONE THE CROWS!
int. an exclamation of surprise, dismay, or astonishment …1927 orig. Aust.
• STONEY
adj. having no money …1886 sl.
• STONIEKY; STONIKEY
n. 1. a flogging …L18 possible naval usage
n. 2. a cosh, a bludgeon …L20 cant
• ‘STONISH
vb. to astonish …19C colloq.
• STONK
n. a concentrated artillery bombardment …1944 sl. SL
vb. to bombard with concentrated artillery fire …1944 sl.
• STONKER
n. a thing that is large, impressive, or amazing …sl.
vb. to kill deliberately …1917 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• STONKERED
adj. 1. tired; completely exhausted …1918 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
adj. 2. drunk …1924 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
adj. 3. surfeited …L20 Aust. sl.
• STONKING
adj. of exceptional size or quality …20C Brit. sl.
• STONNICKY
n. 1. a flogging …L18 possible naval usage
n. 2. a cosh, a bludgeon …L20 cant
• STONY
adj. 1. unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate …c1230
adj. 2. having no money …1886 sl.
• STONY-BROKE
adj. having no money …1886 sl.
• STONY-FACED
adj. having an impassive, unfriendly and unyielding expression …1933
• STONY-HEARTED
adj. unfeeling; hard-hearted …1569
• STOOGE
adj. hoaxing, deceitful …1990s Aust. sl.
n. 1. a toady …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
n. 2. any despised underling or subordinate …1910s sl., orig. US
n. 3. an informer …1940s US criminals’ sl.
n. 4. a term of abuse for a person …1960s US students’ sl.
n. 5. someone who is taken advantage of by another …sl.
vb. 1. to work as an assistant, underling, or subordinate …1930s sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to inform against someone …1940s sl.
vb. 3. to idle, to wait around …1940s sl.
vb. 4. to fool, to deceive …1990s Aust. sl.
• STOOK
n. a pocket handkerchief …M19 sl.
vb. to stir up trouble …20C S. Afr. sl.
• STOOK BUZZER
n. a pickpocket who specialized in stealing handkerchiefs …M19 sl.
• STOOKED
adj. of stolen goods or money: hidden …M19 sl.
• STOOK HAULER
n. a pickpocket who specialized in stealing handkerchiefs …M19 sl.
• STOOKIE
n. a statue …19C Sc.
• STOOL
n. 1. one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities; an informer …1906 US sl.
n. 2. a plain-clothes detective …1920s sl.
n. 3. a lavatory seat
vb. 1. to act as an informer …20C US sl.
vb. 2. to search premises for drugs …1920s US criminals’ sl.
• STOOLEY
n. an informer …1920s sl., orig. US
• STOOLIE
n. one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities; an informer …1924 US sl.
• STOOLING
n. acting as an informer …1920s US sl.
• STOOLO
n. an informer …1920s sl., orig. US
• STOOL OF EASEMENT
n. a privy …1580 obs.
• STOOL-PIGEON
n. 1. one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities; an informer …1845 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a time-and-motion overseer …1920s sl., orig. US
n. 3. an ‘inside man’ who takes a job to gain information about the proposed site of a robbery …1920s US criminals’ sl.
• STOOLY
n. an informer …1920s sl., orig. US
• STOOMER
n. a penniless person …1898 Aust. sl.
• STOOPER
n. 1. a cigarette stub picked up in the street …1920s US tramps’ sl.
n. 2. a person who forages for betting tickets on the ground at racetracks …1960s US sl.
• STOOPING-MATCH
n. the placing of a number of people in the pillory at the same time …E19 sl.
• STOOP-NAPPER
n. a man standing in a pillory …L18 UK criminals’ sl.
• STOOP TOBACCO
n. a cigarette stub picked up in the street …1920s US tramps’ sl.
• STOP
n. a small town …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. to be hit and killed by a bullet, shell, etc. …1901 sl.
• STOP-GAP
n. the penis …Urquhart usage
• STOP IN THE ROAD
n. a small town …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOP-OFF
n. a small town …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOP ONE
vb. to have an alcoholic drink …1924 Aust. sl.
• STOP ONE’S THROPPLE
vb. to cease talking, singing, or making a noise …1901 Ireland
• STOPPERS
n. a depressant …Bk1998 drug culture sl.
• STOPPING-OFF PLACE
n. a small town …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOPPLE
n. the penis …Urquhart usage
• STOPPO
n. a getaway after committing a crime; a quick getaway by car from the scene of a crime …1935 Brit. sl.
• STOP SOMEONE’S CLOCK
vb. to stop or defeat someone; hence, to kill someone …1947 Amer. sl.
• STOP TWO GAPS WITH ONE BUSH
vb. to kill two birds with one stone; to accomplish two ends at once …1546 obs.
• STORK
vb. to make pregnant …1936 US sl.
• STORK-MAD
adj. 1. eager to become pregnant; wanting to have a child; said of women …M20 US sl.
adj. 2. pregnant …M20 US sl.
• STORMER
n. something of exceptional size, vigour, or excellence …1978 Brit. sl.
• STORMING
adj. excellent …1961 sl.
• STORMY DICK
n. the penis …20C US rhyming sl. for ‘prick’
• STORY
n. 1. a lie …a1697
n. 2. a liar …1869 sl., orig. generally children’s usage, now Black usage
► STOTAY vb. to falter, totter, stumble, stagger; to come to a stand → 1400 obs.
• STOTIOUS
adj. drunk …1937 sl., chiefly Anglo-Irish
• STOUCH
n. fighting; a brawl …1893 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. a punch …1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
vb. 1. to hit …1893 Aust. & NZ sl.
vb. 2. to fight …1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
• STOUSH
n. fighting; a brawl …1893 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. a punch …1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
vb. 1. to hit …1893 Aust. & NZ sl.
vb. 2. to fight …1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
• STOVE KEY
n. a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
• STOVE LIZARD
n. one who likes to hang around the stove at the YMCA or Red Cross canteen …World War I Amer. sl.
• STOVEPIPE
vb. to converse …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOVEPIPE SESSION
n. a fireside talk …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STOVE-UP
adj. 1. tired …1901 N. Amer. sl.
adj. 2. (usually as ‘stove up’) stiff from overwork …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STOW THE GUY
vb. to cover or douse the lantern …E19 sl.
• STOW YOUR GAFF!
int. be quiet! …E19
• STOW YOUR JAW
phr. hold your tongue …Bk1896 sl.
• STOY
n. a leisurely walk; a saunter …1866 Sc.
vb. to walk in a leisurely, careless manner; to saunter, to loiter …1866 Sc.
• STOZZLED
adj. intoxicated with alcohol …19C US sl.
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