Sprung, inebriated sufficiently to become boisterous.
Spry, active, strong, manly. Much used in America, but originally English.
Spuddy, a seller of bad potatoes. In lower life, a SPUD is a raw potato; and roasted SPUDS are those cooked in the cinders with their skins on.
Spun, when a man has failed in his examination at Woolwich, he is said to be SPUN; as at the Universities he is said to be “plucked” or “ploughed.”
Spunge, a mean, paltry fellow, sometimes called a SPUNGER.
Spunge, to live at another’s expense in a mean and paltry manner.
Spunging-house, the sheriff’s officer’s house, where prisoners, when arrested for debt, used to be taken. As extortionate charges were made there for accommodation, the name was far from inappropriate.
Spunk, spirit, fire, courage, mettle, good humour.
“In that snug room, where any man of SPUNK
Would find it a hard matter to get drunk.”
Common in America, and much used in some parts of Scotland.