1820. London Mag., 1. 29. Leaving the stone-jug after a miserable residence in the salt-boxes, to be topp'd in front of the debtors' door.
Salt-box-cly, subs. phr. (Old
Cant).—An outside pocket with
a flap (Grose, Vaux).
Saltee (or Saulty), subs. (theatrical).—A
penny: see Rhino.
1861. Reade, Cloister and Hearth, lv. It had rained kicks all day in lieu of SALTEES.
1875. Frost, Circus Life, 306. Saulty may be derived from the Italian soldi, and duey saulty and tray saulty are also of foreign origin.
Salt-eel, subs. phr. (old naval).—A
rope's-end; to have salt-eel
for supper = to be thrashed
(B. E., Grose).
1695. Congreve, Love for Love, iii. 7. Ben. An' he comes near me, may hap I may giv'n a salt eel for's supper for all that.
1752. Smollett, Per. Pickle, xl. If so be as how you have a mind to give him a salt-eel for supper.
Salt-horse (or Salt-junk), subs.
phr. (nautical).—Salt beef: also
old-horse (or -junk) which see.
1837. Marryatt, Snarley Yow, xii. So while they cut their raw salt junks, with beef you will be crammed.
1874. Scammon, Marine Mammals, 123. Substantial fare called salt-horse and hard-tack.
1880. Blackwood's Mag., Jan., 59. 'Let me give you some salt junk.' John was hungry, and rather enjoyed the salt beef.
1884. Russell, Jack's Courtship, i. Salt-horse works out of the pores.
Saltimbanco, subs. (showmen's).—A
street clown; a Jim Crow;
A Billy Barlow. Fr. pitre.
Salt River, subs. phr. (American).—See
quots.
1848. Bartlett, Dict. [quoting J. Inman]. To row up Salt River . . . there is a small stream of that name in Kentucky . . . difficult and laborious by its tortuous course as by shallows and bars. The application is to the unhappy wight who has the task of propelling the boat up the stream; but, in political or slang usage, it is to those who are rowed up.
c. 186[?]. Burial of Uncle Sam [quoted by De Vere]. "We thought . . . That Sag-Nichts and strangers would tread o'er his head, And we up the Salt River billows."
1871. De Vere, Americanisms,. . . It has become a universal cant phrase to say, that an unlucky wight, who has failed to be elected to some public office, was rowed up Salt River. If very grievously defeated, they were apt to be rowed up to the very headwaters of salt River.
1877. New York Tribune, 28 Feb. Put away his empty barrel; Fold his Presidential clothes; He has started up Salt River, Led and lit by Cronin's nose.
Salts-and-senna, subs. phr.
(common).—A doctor: see
Trades.
Salubrious, adj. (common).—1.
Drunk: see Screwed; (2) =
'Pretty well, thank you.'
Salve, subs. (common).—Praise;
GAMMON (q.v.): cf. LIP-SALVE.
Sam, subs. (provincial).—A Liverpudlian:
also Dicky Sam.
To stand Sam, verb. phr. (common).—To pay the shot; TO TREAT (q.v.).
1823. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, iii. 5. Landlady, serve them with a glass of tape, all round; and I'll stand Sammy.
1834. Ainsworth, Rookwood, iv. ii. I must insist upon standing Sam upon the present occasion.
1876. Hindley, Cheap Jack, 123. He had perforce to stand Sam for the lot.
1885. Black, White Heather, xxxii. There's plenty ready to stand Sam, now that Ronald is kent as a writer o' poetry.
