Page:A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew, in its several tribes, of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.djvu/170

Rh Sub-bois, Maples, Birch, Sallow, and Willow.

Suck, c. Wine or strong Drink. This is rum Suck, c. it is excellent Tipple. We'll go and Suck our Faces, but if they toute us, we'll take rattle and brush, c. let's go to Drink and be merry, but if we be Smelt, by the People of the House, we must Scower off. He loves to Suck his Face, he delights in Drinking.

Suckey, c. drunkish, maudlin, half Seas o er.

Suit and Cloak, good store of Brandy or any agreable Liquor, let down Gutter-lane.

Sun burnt, having many ( [sic] Male Children.

Sunny-bank, a good, rousing Winter-Fire.

Superstitious-Pies, Minc'd, or Christmas-Pies, so Nick-nam'd by the Puritans, or Precisians, tho' they can Eat em; but affecting to be singular, make them a Month or six Weeks before Christmas, or the Feast of Christ.

Supernaculum, not so much as a Drop left to be poured upon the Thumb-nail, so cleaverly was the Liquor tipt off.

Supoueh, c. an Hostess or Landlady.

Surtout, a loose, great, or riding Coat.

Sutler, c. he that Pockets up, Gloves, Knives, Handkerchiefs, Snuff and Tobacco-boxes, and all the lesser Moveables; also a Scullion or Huckster, one that follows an Army, to sell Meat, Drink, &c.

Swadlers, c. the tenth Order of the Canting Tribe. To Swaddle, to Beat lustily with a Cane or Cable's end. I'll Swaddle your Hide, I'll bang your Back.

Swag, c. a Shop. Rum Swag, c. full of rich Goods.

Swagger, to vapour or bounce.

Swallow, (Falsities for Truths) to believe them.