SNEEZER. A snuff-box.
SNID. Six.
SNIDE STUFF. Bad money.
SNITCH. An informer; the nose; a spy.
SNITE. Slap; wipe. "Snite his snitch," wipe his nose.
SNIVEL. To cry.
SNOOZING-KEN. A bawdy-house.
SNOT. A gentleman.
SNOUT. A hogshead.
SNOW. Linen.
SNUDGE. A thief who conceals himself under the bed.
SNUFF. Offended. "To take snuff," to be offended.
SNUG. Quiet; all right.
SOAP. Money.
SOD. A worn-out debauchee, whom excess of indulgence has rendered
unnatural.
SOFT. Bank bills; paper money.
SOLDIER. A smoked herring.
SOLFA. A clerk.
SOP. A bribe.
SOT-WEED. Tobacco.
SOUNDERS. Hogs.
SPADO. A sword.
SPANISH. Silver coin.
SPARK. A diamond.
SPEAK. To steal; to take away. "Bob spoke with the toney on the chestnut
prancer," Bob robbed the fool on the chestnut horse. "To speak with," to
steal from.
SPEAKER. Plunderer.
SPEALERS. Gamblers.
SPEILER. A gambler.
SPEILING. Gambling.
SPICE. To steal.
SPICER. A foot-pad.
SPICER HIGH. A highway-robber.
SPIT. A sword or dagger.
SPLIT. Parted; separated.
SPLIT CAUSE. A lawyer.
SPLIT ON HIM. Informs against; denounces him.
SPLIT OUT. No longer friends; quarrelled; dissolved partnership.
SPOONEY. Foolish.
SPORT. A gamester; a man fond of racing and gaming of all kinds.
SPOT. To make a note of something you wish to remember; to look at a
person with the intention of remembering him; to point one out to
another as a suspected person, or one to be remembered.
SPOUT. A pawnbroker's shop.
SPRAT. Sixpence.
SPREAD. Butter. "The cove pinched a keeler of spread, and was pulled
foul. The beaks sent him to the premonitory for three moons," the fellow
stole a tub of butter, and was arrested with it in his possession. The
judges sent him to the penitentiary for three months.
SPRINGING THE PLANT. To discover the place where stolen property is
concealed; to remove stolen property from its place of concealment.
"When I was in the old doss I told my skinner to see Jack and tell him
to spring the plant, fence it, and send me my regulars, as I wanted to
melt it," when I was in the Tombs I told my lawyer to see Jack, and tell
him to remove the plunder from the place in which we hid it, to sell it,
and send me my share of the proceeds, as I wanted to spend it.
SPUD. Base coin; bad money.
SPUNG. A miser.
SPUNK. Matches.
SPUNK-FAKERS. Match-sellers.
SQUAIL. A drink.
SQUARE. Honest; upright; good.
SQUEAK or SQUEAL. To inform. A thief is said to "squeak" or "squeal"
when, after his arrest, he gives information against his accomplices, or
where stolen property may be found.
SQUEAKER. A child.
SQUEEZE. Silk or satin.
SQUEEZE CLOUT. A silk handkerchief.
SQUELCH. A fall.
STAG. One who has turned State's evidence.
STAG. To see. "_Stag_ the cop," see the policeman.
STAGGED. Discovered; informed on.
STAIT. City of New-York.
STAKE. Plunder, large or small in value, as the case may be.
STALL. One whose business it is to conceal as far as possible the
manipulation of his confederate who is trying to pick a person's pocket.
The stall places himself either in front, back, or sideways, or by any
stratagem attracts the attention of the intended victim. Any thing said
or done by which the attention is directed from the true state of the
case is called a _stall_.
STALLING-KEN. A house for the reception of stolen goods.
STAMFISH. To talk in a way not generally understood.
STAMP. A particular way of throwing dice out of the box.
STAMPERS. Feet; shoes; sometimes the stairs.
STANDING. Purchasing stolen property.
STANDING IN. Bidding for; making an offer; taking part with. "The bloke
_stands in_ with the cross-coves, and naps his regulars," the man takes
part with the thieves, and receives his share of the plunder.
STAR THE GLAZE. Break the show-case; break the glass.
STAR-GAZERS. Prostitutes; street-walkers.
STARCH. Pride.
STARDER. A receiver.