stem v.1
1. to grab, to get hold of.
![]() | (con. 1920s) South of Heaven (1994) 4: See if you can stem a little heat. |
2. to beg (from).
![]() | Confessions of a Twentieth Century Hobo 164: The crazy little idiot had stemmed the law! He marched us to the police-station and booked us on a charge of begging. | |
![]() | Und. and Prison Sl. | |
![]() | DAUL 209/2: Stem, v. To beg; cadge; panhandle. | et al.|
![]() | It’s Cold Out There (2005) 192: You’re too big and healthy to stem. | |
![]() | Voices from the Love Generation 6: I was living on the beach and stemming people. | |
![]() | (con. 1920s) Legs 116: Don’t you know it’s against the law to stem people on the street? |