SQUIRT, a doctor, or chemist.
STAFF NAKED, gin.
STAG, a shilling.
STAG, a term applied during the railway mania to a speculator without
capital, who took “scrip” in “_Diddlesex Junction_,” and other lines,
_ejus et sui generis_, got the shares up to a premium, and then sold
out. _Punch_ represented the house of Hudson, “the Railway King,” at
Albert Gate, with a STAG on it, in allusion to this term.
STAG, to demand money, to “cadge.”
STAG, to see, discover, or watch,—like a STAG at gaze; “STAG the push,”
look at the crowd. Also, to dun, or demand payment.
STAGGER, one who looks out, or watches.
STAGGERING BOB, an animal to whom the knife only just anticipates death
from natural disease or accident,—said of meat on that account unfit
for human food.