SHOEMAKER'S STOCKS. New, or strait shoes. I was in
the shoemaker's stocks; i.e. had on a new pair of shoes
that were too small for me.
TO SHOOLE. To go skulking about.
TO SHOOT THE CAT. To vomit from excess of liquor; called also catting.
SHOP. A prison. Shopped; confined, imprisoned.
SHOPLIFTER. One that steals whilst pretending to purchase goods in a shop.
SHORT-HEELED WENCH. A girl apt to fall on her back.
SHOT. To pay one's shot; to pay one's share of a reckoning.
Shot betwixt wind and water; poxed or clapped.
SHOTTEN HERRING. A thin meagre fellow.
To SHOVE THE TUMBLER. To be whipped at the cart's tail.
SHOVE IN THE MOUTH. A dram.