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| Slieneamon | Slievenamon, known as Carrigmaclea (a.k.a. Carraigmoclear), was the site of a battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
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| slop(1) | policeman
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| slop(2) | slap, blow
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| Slope¹ | Slope: To decamp without paying. To quit lodgings without paying
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| slop¹ | Liquid mud; slush [OED] |
| slot-machine | A machine which is operated by inserting a coin in a slot [OED]
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| slouch'd_hat¹ | Slouch hat: A hat of soft or unstiffened felt or other material, esp. one having a broad brim which hangs or lops down over the face. [OED]
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| smack¹ | A mere tasting, a small quantity, of liquor; a mouthful. [OED]
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| Small Wares |
Textile articles of the tape kind, narrow bindings of cotton, linen, silk, or woollen fabric; plaited sash cord, braid,etc..
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| smart¹ | Smart money: An allowance paid to sailors and soldiers as compensation for disability or injury received while in service; (also) a similar payment made to workers (such as miners) for injury received at work. Any compensation made for injury or other loss [OED]
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| Smock¹ | A loose over-garment worn to protect the clothes beneath. The smock was worn by 'country folk', living and working in rural communities, of the mid and southern counties of England, and to a limited extent, Wales. Popular in the 18th and first half of the 19th centuries, they fell out of fashion during the Victorian period and were considered unfashionable by the mid 19th century [Museum of English working Life http://www.reading.ac.uk/merl/the_collections/the_museum/smocks.html]
A Man in a Smock by James Ward (1769 1859) date not known
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| snarl¹ | snarl: a tangle
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| snob¹ | The citations in the OED suggest that before c1850 a snob was "a person belonging to the ordinary or lower social class; one having no pretensions to rank or gentility" but after c1850 it came to mean "A person who admires and seeks to imitate, or associate with, those of higher social status or greater wealth; one who wishes to be regarded as a person of social importance".
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| snuff(1) | A preparation of powdered tobacco for inhaling through the nostrils [OED]
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| Snug(1) | Bar-parlour of an inn or public house [OED]
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| society of friends¹ | A Christian religious movement founded by George Fox in 1648-50 generally known as the Quakers
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| Soda |
Soda-ash or Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3). An alkaline substance obtained originally from the ashes of certain marine or other salt-impregnated plants, used largely in commerce, esp. in the manufacture of glass and soap.
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| something_in_the_city¹ | Employed in some unspecified way in financial services in the city of London [OED]
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| Songster¹ | Songster : A collection of songs - usually without musical notation - presented in a bound volume.
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| sooth¹ | True, in accordance with the truth, not false or fictitious [Dictionary of the Scots Language]
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