Scuth the whip

v.

Heard in Dublin

To hitch a ride on the back of a lorry or cart, a boyhood pursuit from the days of horse-drawn drays when children would jump aboard unseen; bystanders would sometimes call out to prompt the driver to flick his whip in warning.

In use

Hi Jimmy scut yar whip

Posh English

I say, James, do hitch a clandestine ride on the back of that cart.

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