pomaded with soap lather using soap lather as a hair-grooming product.
sealing wax a combination of resin and turpentine that is used for sealing letters.
Sen-Sen a breath freshener made of aromatic dried particles.
Shet up! a dialectic pronunciation of "Shut up!"
Shirley Temple Adored by everyone, Shirley Temple, with her hallmark dimples, corkscrew golden curls, and twinkling blue eyes, was the highest-paid child actress of the 1930s and early 1940s.
slop jar an indoor container that takes the place of toilets, especially for night use or for people too ill to walk outside to an outhouse.
take holt a dialectic pronunciation of "take hold of."
Vick's salve a widely used medication to treat colds; sometimes it is taken internally, although directions on the jar warn against doing so.
