Swollenhead. To have a swollen head, verb. phr. (common).—1. To put on airs; to be filled with a violent sense of one's own importance. Also (2) to be drunk: see Screwed. Also Swelled-head.
1898. Gould, Landed at Last, vi. You have got a swollen head this morning. . . . Had too much to drink last night.
1900. Nisbet, In Sheep's Clothing, iv. iii. The candid friend is like a black draught; wholesome, perhaps, during periods of plethora and swollen head, but decidedly debilitating if too long continued.
Swop. See Swap.
Sword-racket, subs. phr. (old).—Enlisting
in different regiments,
and deserting after taking the
bounty.
Swot. See Sweat.
In a swot, phr. (Shrewsbury).—In a rage.
Sydney-sider (or Bird), subs.
phr. (Australian).—A convict.
[Sydney was originally a convict
settlement.]
Syebuck, subs. (old).—Sixpence
(Grose).
Syntax, subs. (old).—A schoolmaster
(Grose).
