CHINESE WHISPERS
Key of © sea shanty, old Goon Show joke.
Safe flight,
what we wish the traveller.
Safe light,
photoghraphic illumination.
Scaffolder,
erector of scaffolding.
Scarf-holder,
place for neck covering.
Secrete,
to hide.
See Crete,
observe the Mediterranean island.
Seek help,
to look for assistance.
Sea kelp,
type of sea-weed.
Shoplifting,
not elevating stores.
Shopfitting,
installation of racks, shelves etc.
Store door frame,
imperative-put the door frame into the store.
Store door frame,
description-the frame of the store door.
Side tracked,
led astray.
Site racked,
building area supplied with shelving.
Six quid,
(sl) six pounds.
Sick squid,
unwell relative of an octopus.
De skies,
heavens above Barbados.
Disguise,
altered appearance.
Skip higher,
rather than jump lower.
Skip hire,
rental of large container for rubbish.
Slope on it,
the angle of a surface.
Slow bonnet,
as opposed to a fast hat.
Slow pup,
small lazy dog.
Slope up,
incline.
Sort her out,
explain the facts to her.
Sought her out,
looked for her.
Special tea,
Earl Grey.
Speciality,
outstanding ability.
Spotted Dick,
Richard observed.
Spotted dick,
suet pudding with currents.
Spotted dick,
result of promiscuity.
Stake out,
steak out.
Stamina,
star miner (a young celebrity or the dubious
pursuit of excavating fusing hydrogen atoms).
Star Trading,
start Raiding.
Six Way Talks,
six White Hawks.
Statue,
carved representation.
'stat you,
(US sl) Bronx telephonic query.
Stay in your hands,
remain with you.
Stain your hands,
discolour.
Swan Inn,
hostelry.
Swannin' (about),
vague pleasurable wanderings.
Soled and heeled,
sign in bootmaker's window.
Soled and eeled,
ditto fish pie shop.
Sold and healed,
ditto patent medicine shop.
Souled and healed,
ditto church.
Shy Anne,
reticent maiden.
Cheyenne,
Red Indian tribe.
Sick lemon,
deceased fruit.
Cyclamen,
flower.
Sick sweets,
unpleasant confection.
Six weeks,
a month and a half.
Sight, hear,
sensory communications.
Site here,
position of dump or building plot.
Side tier,
edge of the stadium.
S T D,
subscriber trunk dialling.
S T D,
sexually transmitted diseases.
Show jumper,
good hurdling horse.
Show jumper,
best pullover.
Shellfish,
winkles, whelks, crabs and the like.
Selfish,
greedy, grasping.
Sell fish,
work of the fishmonger.
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