Sardine, subs. (American).—1. A sailor: spec. an old whaling hand. [The living space on board a whaler is limited.] Whence (2) one of the crowd: see Herring. Packed like sardines = huddled.
c. 184[?]. New Haven, J. C. [Bartlett]. We 'Old Whalers,' or as we are sometimes called 'Sardines.'
3. (Stock Exchange).—In pl. = Royal Sardinian Ry. Shares.
Sark, verb. (Sherborne School).—To
sulk.
Sassenger (or sassiger), subs.
(vulgar).—A sausage.
Satan's Bones. See Bones.
Satchel-arsed. See Arse.
Sate-poll, subs. phr. (common).—A
stupid person: see Buffle.
Satin. See White Satin.
Saturday-nighter, subs. phr.
(Harrow School).—An exercise
set for Saturday night.
Saturday-scavenger (or -scaramouch.
See Weekly Scarifier.
Saturday-soldier, subs. phr.
(common).—A volunteer.
1890. Globe, 11 Aug., 3, 2. A slight selection of the epithets which he showered on the citizen defender: "Catshooter," Saturday soldier.
Saturday-to-Monday, subs. phr.
(colloquial).—1. A week-end
jaunt; and (2) a week-end
woman.
Satyr, subs. (Old Cant).—A
cattle-thief.
Sauce (Sarse, Sass, or Sauciness),
subs. (colloquial).—1.
Impudence; assurance (see quot.
1555). Hence saucy (adj.) =
(1) impudent, bold, presuming;
and (2) smart (q.v.); as verb.
(or to eat sauce) = to abuse,
to lip (q.v.); sauce-box
(sauce-pate, sauceling, or
sauce-jack) = an impertinent:
see Jack-sauce (B. E., Grose).
d. 1529. Skelton, Bowge of Courte, 71. To be so perte . . . she sayde she trowed that I had eten sauce; she asked yf euer I dranke of saucys cuppe. Ibid., Magnyfycence, 1421. Ye haue eten sauce, I trowe, at the Taylors Hall.
d. 1555. Latimer, Sermons, 182. When we see a fellow sturdy, loftie, and proud, men say, this is a saucy fellow . . . whiche taketh more upon him than he ought to doe. Ibid. He that will be a Christian man . . . must be a sausie fellow: he must be well powdered with the sause of affliction.
1587. Stanihurst, Desc. of Ireland, I. 13. Ineptus is as much in English, in my phantasie, as saucie or malapert.
1588. Marprelate's Epistle (Arber), 6. This is a pretie matter yat standers by must be so busie in other men's games: why sawcebones must you be pratling?
1594. Tylney, Lochrine, iii. 3. You, master saucebox, lobcock, cockscomb.
1595. Shakspeare, Romeo and Juliet, ii. 4, 153. What saucy merchant was this, that was so full of his ropery? Ibid. (1596), As You Like It, iii. 5. I'll sauce her with bitter words. Ibid. (1600), Merry Wives, iv. 3. I'll make them pay: I'll sauce them. Ibid., Lear (1605), i. 1. This knave came somewhat saucily into the world before he was sent for.
1598. Laydock, Lomatius on Painting [Nares]. Nothing can deterre these saucie doultes from this their dizardly inhumanite.
1614. Jonson, Barth. Fair. The reckonings for them are so saucy, that a man had as good licke his fingers in a baudy house.
1620. Fletcher, Philaster, ii. 1. They were grown too saucy for himself.
1630. Taylor, Works, i. 113. Jack Sawce, the worst knave amongst the pack.
