STIFF ’UN, a corpse.—_Term used by undertakers._

STILTON, “that’s the STILTON,” or “it is not the STILTON,” _i.e._, that

is quite the thing, or that is not quite the thing;—polite rendering of

“that is not the CHEESE,” which see.

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