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Old 09-11-2011, 15:28   #421
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Hanky panky -> a handkerchief in need of a good wash!
Hanky Panky is up to no good, or a bit of hows your father.
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Hanky Panky is up to no good, or a bit of hows your father.
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I know -I was being cheeky!
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Hanky Panky is up to no good, or a bit of hows your father.
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I wonder why they call it "How's your father"?
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Old 09-11-2011, 15:35   #424
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powfagged - fed up or tired out....I have heard the word used in both contexts.
Houghton Weavers, I'm powfagged, I'm jiggered, I'm buggerd, I'm broke,
Margaret, asti neear erd it, they wur ontut telly singin id some years back.
And one for Jaysay. Same tu thee wi clogs on.
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Old 09-11-2011, 17:01   #425
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yes Retlaw....and fivepenny piece sang a song about being powfagged too.
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We won't go into what a 'hanky panky manky hanky' might have been used for.



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We won't go into what a 'hanky panky manky hanky' might have been used for.
Though if it had been in the war, anywhere near Warrington, it might have been a 'Yankee hanky panky manky hanky'.



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Though if it had been in the war, anywhere near Warrington, it might have been a 'Yankee hanky panky manky hanky'.
No during the war they were known as Septic Tanks.
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We won't go into what a 'hanky panky manky hanky' might have been used for.
Aeriated - feeling agitated! Generally applies to middle-aged women who no longer go into what a 'hanky panky manky hanky' might have been used for.....
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Just summat reminded me tonight of another yeh never hear these days. Crammed As A Wasp.
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Anyone mentioned 'coits' ?
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Anyone mentioned 'coits' ?
You mean coyts - mentioned here-
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tml#post917674
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Just summat reminded me tonight of another yeh never hear these days. Crammed As A Wasp.
The wife used to use that a lot
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A friend of mine has recently contested my use of "Popped her clogs" as a euphemism for dying -saying it's modern.

Does anyone know if it was in use around 1910? Sorry if it's a difficult question!
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A friend of mine has recently contested my use of "Popped her clogs" as a euphemism for dying -saying it's modern.

Does anyone know if it was in use around 1910? Sorry if it's a difficult question!
It was in the Radio Times the other day - I'll see if I can find it.
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