subs. (city).—Inferior soup. [A play upon words.] For synonyms, see GLUE.
1871. Pall Mall Gazette, 22 May. A few years ago, at an economical Chancellor of Exchequer’s dinner on the Queen’s Birthday, the Chairman of one of the Revenue Boards, after tasting the soup, asked the Governor of the Bank of England, who happened to be sitting next to him at the table, ‘What is this?’ ‘DEFERRED STOCK, I suspect,’ replied the Governor.
