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GLOSSARY
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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.

Sky the wipe.—See "Rag."

Skirt or bit of skirt.—A female.

Skite.—To boast. Skiter.—A boaster

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.