subs. (legal).—1. A brief for the defence given to a junior in court by the Clerk of the Peace or Arraigns.
2. (printers’).—Bad ink.
3. (thieves’).—Melted plate: also WHITE SOUP. Whence SOUP-SHOP = A FENCE (q.v.); melting-pots are kept going, no money passing from fence to thief until identification is impossible.
IN THE SOUP, adv. phr. (American).—In a pickle, or difficulty; LEFT (q.v.).
