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Sack |
got the sack;
got the bag; dismissed from a job. |
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Sad |
sad dough, dough
that doesn't rise. |
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Saided |
saited |
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Saucy |
faddy over food;
impudent |
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Saunded |
late for work (-
used in the Biddulph area) |
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Scitter |
diminutive of scatter;
scatter over an acre; scitter over an objects. |
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Scrabble |
to scramble. |
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Scran |
food for eating on a
country window. |
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Scratch-cat |
a violent quarrelsome
woman. |
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Scratchin-cake |
a very plain cake made
of flour and lard. |
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Scrawm |
to scramble; to get
all one can; used of a worker doing lots of overtime before a
holiday - scrawming. |
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Scrounge round |
seeking for what you
can find or pick up. |
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Scuft |
to smack; compare
scuffle. |
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See-saw |
see queedle |
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Segs |
second in a game;
"bags segs" = I claim to go second. also see 'fogs' |
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Sel, sen |
self; His sel,
His sen, Her sel, Her sen |
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Senatucked |
stiff, tight sinews;
exhausted. |
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Set |
to let a house or
land. |
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Shankses-pony |
to walk (shank, a leg) |
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Shanna, shatna |
shall not.
"Tha shatna shift shat?" = You won't leave the
house while I am away, shall you? |
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Sharpshins |
sharp, quick |
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Sheed |
to shed or spill;
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Shoon |
shoes |
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Shouldna |
shouldn't |
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Shownd |
to show. |
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Shut |
spoiled, sad
bread (used in the Biddulph area) |
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Sican |
to sigh (old
English) |
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Side |
to remove the dishes,
etc.; to clear the table. |
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Sight more |
more or many more. |
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Sin |
since |
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Sithers |
scissors |
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Skeedy, Skeedy
paw |
left handed. |
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Skeered |
scared |
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Sken |
to squint |
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Skiddaddle |
to clear off. |
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Skimpy |
scant. |
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Skinny |
won't give anything to
anybody. |
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skitty |
left handed |
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Skrike |
to shreek; to cry
loudly |
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Slat |
to throw; old English
"slath", moved; don't slat it at me, Don't
chuck it at me. |
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Slither |
to slude; slur
9used in the Biddulph area) |
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Slobber-chops |
a squash; a
mouthy talker |
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Smite |
a mite; a
morsel. |
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Smugs, bell rings |
the school bell rings
and the children rush for the marbles regardless of ownership. |
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Smush |
smart. |
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Snaffle |
to steal. |
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Snappin |
food taken to work. |
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Sneak |
like a snake. |
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Sneyd |
a place name;
Old English, the handle of a scythe (Sneyd family
coat of arms). |
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Sneap, sneep |
to snub. |
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Snicket |
narrow pathway,
alley; Old English snican, to creep. |
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Snived, slived |
over-run with vermin. |
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Snob |
Shoemaker, a
pretender. |
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Sockpit |
a pit into which the
nightsoil runs. |
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Spadger,
sparrer |
a sparrow. |
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Sparrow bank |
a works where
sometimes the wages are not forthcoming on Saturday. |
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Sparrowed |
hard up. |
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Siffin |
tip-top. |
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Spit |
"the very spit of
him", exactly like him. |
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Spock |
Spoke |
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Spotted Dick |
current dumpling. |
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Spotties |
large marbles woth
black spots. |
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Sprynges |
springs; a
healing wound; corn on the foot. |
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Spud |
potato. |
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Spug |
sparrow
(used in the Biddulph area). |
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Squab |
a wooden sofa;
"sit up o' th' squab". |
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Squark |
to squeal. |
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Squeezer |
a hollowware presser;
(pottery industry word) |
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Starved |
cold, hungry;
"starved deeth", starved to death. |
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Steen |
a large vessel made of
red clay for holding water or bread. |
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Stent |
stint, allotted
amount. |
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Stir-pudding |
porridge |
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Stoney |
a "marble" for games. |
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Strike a bargain |
to strike hands when a
bargain is struck. |
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Suff |
a drain |
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Sup |
a 'sip' is a taste,
a 'sup' is a drink |
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Surrie, sirrah |
sir, a form of
greeting to someone we meet " 'ow 'at, surrie" - how
are you friend. |
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Sut |
sat |
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Sweek, sweeken |
a swing over a fire to
hold the pot-hooks on which the kettles hang. |
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Swobsy |
big, fat. |
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Sword |
the rind of bacon. |
