142 KANSAS UNJVERSITN' QUAR'1•EKL^•. 



shake, v. and n. : to get rid of, and in, to give one the shake. 

 side-show: a matter of secondary importance. 

 side-track: to lay aside, to delay. (From railroad usage.) 

 skin full: very drunk. 



i ■. • large quantities or numbers. 



slug: to strike viciously. 



smOUge: to steal. (Missouri. ) 



Socky: a Sac and Fox Indian, then, any Indian. ((Jsage Co., Kas. ) 



spec(k): speculation, also profit, as 'He made a neat speck in 

 wheat.' B. 



spondulics: money. (Ohio, Kansas.) 



stand in with: to get, or keep on the right side of. 



stogy: a sort of boot; also a kind of cigar. 



strike: same as 'touch.' 



stuffln': conceit, as 'He got the stuffin' knocked out of him.' 



sugar: profit. 



take and (do anything): proceed to, as '1 took and threw the 

 "book away.' 



take up: begin school; tr. and intr. 



taken: took. (Linn Co., Kas.) 



"tear: a spree, or a passion, as 'He's on one of his tears.' 



that: so. as 'He's that sick he can't speak.' 



tin-horn gambler: one who resorts to cheap devices and lacks 

 courage. 



tinker-tonker: a small boy. 



touch: to solicit, or to swindle, as 'I touched him for ten.' 



trade-lasts: an exchange of compliments (instead of 'trade-lash,' 

 as formerly printed). 



turn down: to pass above in the spelling-class; to lay on the shelf, 

 as 'Mr. B. was turned down,' i. e., defeated in the election. 



want: want to go, as 'He wants out,' 'I want in.' 



whack: gear, as 'The clock is out of whack,' and also of persons. 



whack up: to pay one's share, especially raise the stakes in 'poker.' 



whack it up to one: to lay on heavy charges. 



whan'3" leather: coarse undressed leather used for cord. 



whip-hand, to have the w. of any one: to have control of him. 



(New England. ) 



wic-i-up: wigwam. (Sac word now common among the whites in 

 Osage Co., Kas.) 



work: to dupe, as 'We worked him for a five,' 'He tried to work 

 me. ' 



wrangle: to manage sheep or other stock. (Wyoming). 



wrangler: a herd manager. 



