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Another mi Mum used to use was Pow Fagged meaning knackered:D

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I can go out tonight now,ive just got a snek-lifter!

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Which use to be a couple of bob;):D, or half that would get you a gill .... what is it now:confused:

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I had a half of Blond Witch in the Higher Trap a fortnight ago and it cost £1-40p

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So the couple of tanners and the threepenny bit my grandad used to give me wouldn't get me through the door ... and I doubt you could get a buzz out of a quid, eh:confused::mad: Of course, my first week's pay packet from Dutton's had less than a tenner in it;) But, we got free beer:alc: ... the good stuff from the middle of the brew:theband: I don't think that would go down well with the health and safety pc'ers. Imagine, a good part of the workforce, working around machinery, peed to the gills:D

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An expression of anger "blood and sand".
when your hungry i have heard " i could eat a scabbie hoss and go back fur jockey"
Also for someone who is not just right "if he's reet i know where theers a shed full"

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Once worked in the brewing room at Matthew Brown at Little Garwood, which entitled us to indulge in there Jazz (their name for free beer) It used to make me smile when the lads used to argue who's turn it was to to get um in, or in other words walk about 15 paces to the room they kept it in:D:D

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eccy thump was another old saying

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Tha never gets owt fer nowt.

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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...unny-8779.html

Still don't really know where 'blood and sand comes from'.

:confused:

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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...unny-8779.html

Still don't really know where 'blood and sand comes from'.

:confused:

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I can only think it comes from something maddening as my mother used to say it when I'd crossed the line:rolleyes:

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Worrit - to tease, or worry.

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Mentioned elsewhere, but just found this explanation for Dicky's medda (meadow), meaning in trouble, or lost as to what to do.

'I understand that the phrase dates back to the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. Henry Tudor (House of Lancaster) defeated Richard of York and became King Henry VII.
Bosworth Field was later referred to as Dickies Meadow - where Richard (Dickie) - the last of the Plantaganents - died & lost the crown.
It was the last Battle of the Roses.'
in dickies meadow in The AnswerBank: Phrases & Sayings

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Soft ha'p'orth - soft/simple, someone easily duped.

Why a soft half penny?

I'd love to know the origins of some of these expressions.