still n.1
a still-born child.
, , | Sl. Dict. 247: stills the undertakers’ slang term for still-born children. The fee paid by nurses and others is usually 2s. 6d. A separate coffin is never given; the stills are quietly introduced into one containing an adult about to be buried. stills are allowed to accumulate at an undertaker’s until they sometimes number as many as a dozen. | |
Sl. and Its Analogues. | ||
Liza of Lambeth (1966) 95: I’ve ’ad twelve, ter sy nothin’ of two stills an’ one miss. |