»Well, you _was_ a _sawny-headed chunk_, Josiah, you _was_.» (Novel Notes
36. 15.)
= _a blockhead_, _a simpleton_.
_Sawny_ is said to be a corruption of »Sandy», the usual nickname
(abbrev. of Alexander) for a Scotsman, as Taffy (Welsh pronunciation of
Davy) for a Welshman, and Paddy (short for Patrick) for an Irishman.
_Chunk_ = a shapeless mass of anything, a thick piece, a lump: of wood,
bread, etc.; as applied to a person = blockhead. (Cf. chump.)
shove
»What is up?» I says. »_Got the shove?_» (T. T. T. 156. 14.)
_A waiter._
= _to be dismissed_.
Cf. _to give the shove_: to send packing.
shut up
»_Shut up_, mother,» he cried at last, quite gruffly. (Sketches 197. 11.)
_A bookmaker._
= _hold your tongue!_