Sly.—Contraband. On the sly, concealed, unlawful.

Smart Blunt.—Forfeit money.

Smash your Countenance.—To give a thump on the face.

Smell a Rat.—To suspect or discover any concealed thing, a la Hamlet. Vide Old Polonius behind the arras: “A rat, a rat; dead, for a ducat, dead.”

Smeller.—The nose. A smeller, a blow on the nose.

Smokey.—Suspicious.

Sneezer.—The Conk or nose.

Snicker.—A small tumbler.

Snip.—Mr. Snip a tailor.—Come in, taylor, here you may warm your goose.—Macbeth.

Snowball.—A Negro, or chimney sweeper.