Stall-off, to put off by means of a device, to misdirect purposely.
Stall off, to blind, excuse, hide, to screen a robbery during the perpetration of it by an accomplice.
Stall your mug, go away; spoken sharply by any one who wishes to get rid of a troublesome or inconvenient person.
Stallsman, sometimes STALL, an accomplice.
Stampers, shoes.—Ancient Cant.
Stand, “to STAND treat,” to pay for a friend’s entertainment; to bear expense; to put up with treatment, good or ill, as, “Will you STAND that?” a question often asked when a man has been struck or insulted. Also in the sense of aggregate cost, as, “This house STOOD me in £1000;” i.e., cost that sum; “to STAND pad,” to beg on the kerb with a small piece of paper pinned on the breast, inscribed, “I am starving.”
Stand in, to make one of a party in a bet or other speculation; to take a side in a dispute.
Standing, the position at a street corner, or on the kerb of a market street, regularly occupied by a costermonger, or street seller.
Standing patterers, men who take a stand on the kerb of a public thoroughfare, and deliver prepared speeches to effect a sale of any articles they have to vend. See [PATTERER].
Stangey, a tailor, a person under petticoat government,—derived from the custom of “riding the STANG,” mentioned in Hudibras:—