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 SLOP. — Dirt. One who comes Into the house with dirty boots is said to make a slop all over the place.

To slop work is to do it badly and incompletely.

SLOUCH. — A man is so called who does not do a fair amount of work.

SLUCK-A-BED. — An idle person who lies in bed late in the morning. Sluck may possibly be a corruption of " slug " or "sloth." When anyone lies in-bed late, boys will commonly sing—

"Sluck-a-bed, sluck-a-bed, Barley Butt, Yer yead be zo heavy 'e can't get up."

SLUDGE. — Snow partly melted and forming snow-mud.

"Sludge 'ooll get droo' yer boots an' maayke yer vit wet when nothun' else wunt."

SLUMMACK. — A dirty, disreputable looking person.

SLUMMAKIN'. — Used sometimes for '.

SLUSH. — Soft mud as where sheep have been driven along a wet road. Roads thus dirty are said to be "slushy "

SMACK. — Fully, completely ; often used similarly to Slap. " A slipped an' veil down smack, "

SMACKIN'.— Very large.

" Ther' be zome smackin' big apples on our tree."

SMALL-BEER. — Weak beer ranking after "aayle." Anything poor or insignificant is said to be "vurry small beer,"

SMASH. — A complete breakage ; a heavy resounding fall.

"A let the tay-pot vall an' broke 'un all to smash."

SMERTISH. — Rather great, somewhat important.

"A smertish bwoy" means a boy of good growth and size.

"Us vound a smertish lot o' patridges on the brows, but none at all down in the bottoms."

Pretty well in health.

" My lumbaaygo be gone, an' I be smertish agin now."

SMIRK.— To junile as trying to curry favour.

SMOCK.— The "smock-frock" is so called always. It is the garment of carters, carter boys, and some farm

— Mild looking ; often applied also tempuously or disparagingly. a be a bad chap."