Cant. (See quots.)
1825. Knapp & Baldwin, Newgate Cal., III. 489/1. The water in which the beef was boiled is thickened with barley, and forms a mess called ‘smiggins.’
1828. P. Cunningham, N. S. Wales (ed. 3), II. 63. Descanting upon the sorrows of sour smiggins, (cold-meat hash).
1839. Slang Dict., 34. Smiggins—nickname for a soup given on board the hulks.
