The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue dates from 1811 and this is probably the only full, uncensored and searchable version of this dictionary on the internet. All the original crudities have been restored and it offers an interesting perspective on Common English from the time of the Regency and Jane Austen.

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Entries releated to SOP

 

BEILBY'S BALL		He will dance at Beilby's ball, where the sheriff pays the music; he will be hanged. Who Mr. Beilby was, or why that ceremony was so called, remains with the quadrature of the circle, the discovery of the philosopher's stone, and divers other desiderata yet undiscovered.
HEATHEN PHILOSOPHER		One whose breech may be seen through his pocket-hole: this saying arose from the old philosophers, many of whom depised the vanity of dress to such a point, as often to fall into the opposite extreme.
RATTLE-TRAPS		A contemptuous name for any curious portable piece of machinery, or philosophical apparatus.
SCRATCH PLATTER, or TAYLOR'S RAGOUT		Bread sopt in the oil and vinegar in which cucumbers have been sliced.
SOP		A bribe. A sop for Cerberus; a bribe for a porter, turnkey, or gaoler.
SOPH		An undergraduate in his second year.
SORROW SHALL BE HIS SOPS		He shall repent this. Sorrow go by me; a common expletive used by presbyterians in Ireland.
STARTER		One who leaves a jolly company, a milksop; he is no starter, he will sit longer than a hen.
SUGAR SOPS		Toasted bread soked in ale, sweetened with sugar, and grated nutmeg: it is eaten with cheese.