Chapter Stump Up to Sucre of S by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Succinct means undergirded; hence concise, terse. (Latin, sub-cinctus.)

Succoth The Jewish feast of tabernacles or tents, which began on the 15th Tisri (September), and lasted eight days. It was kept in remembrance of the sojourn in the wilderness, and was a time of grand rejoicing. Those who kept it held in their hands sprigs of myrtle, palm-branches, and willow-twigs. The Pentateuch was read on the last eight days.

Suck the Monkey (See Monkey .)

Sucking Young Patricians The younger sons of the aristocracy, who sponge on those in power to get places of profit and employment.

Suckle To suckle fools and chronicle small beer. Iago says women are of no use but to nurse children and keep the accounts of the household. (Shakespeare: Othello, ii. 1.)

Sucre Manger du sucre. Applause given by claqueurs to actors is called sucre (sugar). French actors and actresses make a regular agreement with the manager for these hired applauders. While inferior artists are obliged to accept a mere murmur of approval, others receive a “salvo of bravos,” while those of the highest rôle demand a “furore” or éclat de rire, according to their line of acting, whether tragedy or comedy. Sometimes the manager is bound to give actors “sugar to eat” in the public journals, and the agreement is that the announcement of their name shall be preceded with the words “celebrated,” “admirable,” and so on. The following is part of the agreement of a French actor on renewing his engagement (1869):- “Que cinquante claqueurs au moins feraient manger du sucre dès l'entrée en scène, et que l'actrice rivale serait privée de cet agrèment.” (See Claque .)