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bourne; its football team. Run against--To meet more or less unexpectedly. Saints--A football team of St Kilda, Victoria. Sandy blight--Ophthalmia. Savvy--Common-sense; shrewdness. School--A club; a clique of gamblers, or others. Scran--Food. Scrap--Fight. Set, to--To attack; to regard with disfavour. Set, to have--To have marked down for punishment or revenge. Shick, shickered--Intoxicated. Shicker--Intoxicating liquor. Shinty--A game resembling hockey. Shook--Stolen; disturbed. Shook on--Infatuated. Shyin' or Shine--Excellent; desirable. Sight--To tolerate; to permit; also to see; observe. Sir Garneo--In perfect order; satisfactory. Skirt or bit of skirt--A female. Skite--To boast. Skiter--A boaster. Sky the wipe--See "rag." Slab--A portion; a tall, awkward fellow. Slanter--Spurious; unfair. Slap-up--Admirable; excellent. Slats--The ribs. Slaver--One engaged in the "white slave traffic." Slick--Smart; deft; quick. Slope, to--To elope; to leave in haste. Sloppy--Lachrymose; maudlin. Slushy--A toiler in a scullery. Smooge--To flatter or fawn; to bill and coo. Smooger--A sycophant; a courtier. Snag--A hindrance; formidable opponent. Snake-'eaded--Annoyed, vindictive. Snake juice--Strong drink. Snare--To acquire; to seize; to win. Snide--Inferior; of no account. Snob--A bootmaker. Snout--To bear a grudge. Snouted--Treated with disfavour. Snuff or snuff it--To expire. Sock it into--To administer physical punishment. Solid--Severe; severely. So-long--A form of farewell. Sool--To attack; to urge on. Soot, leadin'--A chief attribute. Sore, to get--To become aggrieved. Sore-head--A curmudgeon. Sour, to turn, or get--To become pessimistic or discontented. Spank--To chastise maternal-wise. Spar--A gentle bout of fisticuffs. Spare me days--A pious ejaculation. Specs--Spectacles. Splash--To expend. Splice--To join in holy matrimony. Spout--To preach or speak at length. Sprag--To accost truculently. Spruik--To deliver a speech, as a showman. Square--Upright, honest. Square an' all--Of a truth; verily. Squiz--A brief glance. Stand-orf--Retiring; reticent. Stajum--Stadium, where prize-fights are conducted. S tiffened--Bought over. Stiff-un--A corpse. Stoke--To nourish; to eat. Stop a pot--To quaff ale. Stoush--To punch with the fist. s. Violence. Straight, on the--
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