SOLD, “SOLD again! and the money taken,” gulled, deceived.—_Vide_ SELL.
SOLD UP, or OUT, broken down, bankrupt.
SOLDIER, a red herring.
SON OF A GUN, a contemptuous title for a man. In the army it is
sometimes applied to an artilleryman.
SOOT BAG, a reticule.
SOP, a soft or foolish man. Abbreviation of MILKSOP.
SOPH (abbreviation of SOPHISTER), a title peculiar to the University
of _Cambridge_. Undergraduates are _junior_ SOPHS before passing their
“_Little Go_,” or first University examination,—_senior_ SOPHS after
that.
SOUND, to pump, or draw information from a person in an artful manner.
SOW, the receptacle into which the liquid iron is poured in a
gun-foundry. The melted metal poured from it is termed PIG.—_Workmen’s
terms._
SOW’S BABY, a pig; sixpence.
SPANK, a smack, or hard slap.
SPANK, to move along quickly; hence a fast horse or vessel is said to
be “a SPANKER to go.”
SPANKING, large, fine, or strong; _e.g._, a SPANKING pace, a SPANKING
breeze, a SPANKING fellow.
SPECKS, damaged oranges.
SPEEL, to run away, make off; “SPEEL the drum,” to go off with stolen
property.—_North._
SPELL, “to SPELL for a thing,” hanker after it, intimate a desire to
possess it.
SPELLKEN, or SPEELKEN, a playhouse. _German_, SPIELEN.—_See_ KEN.—_Don
Juan._
SPICK AND SPAN, applied to anything that is quite new and
fresh.—_Hudibras._