STRANGER. A guinea.
STRANGLE GOOSE. A poulterer.
To STRAP. To work. The kiddy would not strap, so he went on the scamp: the lad would not work, and therefore robbed on the highway.
STRAPPER. A large man or woman.
STRAPPING. Lying with a woman. CANT.
STRAW. A good woman in the straw; a lying-in woman.
His eyes draw straw; his eyes are almost shut, or he is
almost asleep: one eye draws straw, and t'other serves the
thatcher.
STRETCH. A yard. The cove was lagged for prigging a
peter with several stretch of dobbin from a drag; the
fellow was transported for stealing a trunk, containing
several yards of ribband, from a waggon.
STRETCHING. Hanging. He'll stretch for it; he will be
hanged for it. Also telling a great lie: he stretched stoutly.
STRIKE. Twenty shillings. CANT.
STRIP ME NAKED. Gin.