A good woman in the straw; a lying-in woman. His eyes draw straw; his eyes are almost shut, or he is almost asleep: one eye draws straw, and t’other serves the thatcher.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
Strapping * StretchNathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
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