British (& Australian) underworld slang, vol. 2

(Apologise for the reprint…when transferring my old posts to this new blog, I inadvertently deleted this post by accident) 

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Legend indicates usage from recent UK films as well as the Australian underworld 

(AUST) Australian Rhyming Slang                                                                                          (S) SNATCH
(SD) SLIDING DOORS
(LS&2SB) LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS

C

CAB RANK – Bank. See ARMITAGE
CADBURY (from Cadbury Snack) – back
CALVIN KLEIN – fine (the feeling)
CAMEL’S HUMP – to take a dump (or shit)
CANOES – shoe
CANOV (from (can of) oil) – Boil (skin growth).
CAPTAIN COOK – look (AUST)
CAPTAIN HOOK – book
CAT’S HISS – piss (AUST)
CHALFONTS (from Chalfont St Giles) – piles or haemorrhoids
CHALK FARM – Arm
CHARLIE (from Charlie Hunt) – var. of CUNT. See BERK/BURK (via Charlie Smirke, a leading English jockey from the 1930’s-50’s). Can also mean “woman” in Australian Rhyming Slang (Charlie Wheeler – Sheila, Sheila – common reference to Australian women)
CHARLIE CHESTER – Child molester
CHEESY QUAVER – favour (as in something to be done)
CHERRY HOGG – Dog (animal)
CHEWY TOFFEE – coffee
CHEVY CHASE – Face. (LS&2SB). See BOAT, COD & PLAICE
CHICKEN SOUP – kosher; honest; legitimate. Chicken soup is a popular kosher dish. (LS&2SB)
CHINA PLATE – One’s ‘mate’ or friend
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG – Cockney rhyming slang 
CLARET – slang for ‘blood’, from it’s colour. (LS&2SB)
cLOCKED – to see / be seen. e.g. “Shit, we’ve been clocked !”. (S)
CLOUD SEVEN – heaven (AUST)
COAT HANGER – A “clanger” or mistake
COBBLERS (from cobblers awls/stalls) – Balls (as in ‘you’re talking cobblers’). See BERLIN WALLS
COCK SPARROW – Wheelbarrow. Can also mean one’s mate
COCO/COCOA – say so (UK band Supergrass album title, “I Should Coco”)
COD & PLAICE – face. See BOAT
COMIC-CUTS – guts (AUST)
CONAN – Boil. Also SIR ARTHUR. (from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Boil)
CORFIES – Balls (from coffee stalls – balls)
COUGH & DRAG – Cigarette (from cough & drag – fag)
COUNTRY COUSIN – dozen (AUST)
COZZERS – police, from Hebrew ‘chazer’ meaning pig. (LS&2SB)
CROSBY STILLS & NASH – Cash. See BANGERS & MASH, ARHTUR ASHE
CRUST OF BREAD – head
CRYSTAL – short for ‘crystal clear’. (LS&2SB)
CUNT – Usually regarded as the strongest swear word in British English. Lit. the female sex organs (S)
CUSTARD – short for ‘custard and jelly, Modern Rhyming Slang for ‘telly’ which is short for ‘television’. See LIZA (LS&2SB)

D

DAD ‘N’ DAVE – shave (AUST)
DAFT ‘N’ BARMY – Army. See KATE KARNEY
DAISY ROOTS – boots
DANNY LARUE – Clue
DAPTOES (from Dapto Dogs – Dapto is a Dog track in NSW) – offensive term for black or Aboriginal people  (AUST)
DARREN GOUGH – Cough. See BORIS KARLOFF
DEAD HORSE – (tomato) sauce (AUST)
DERBY KELLY (from character in cockney folk song “Boiled Beef and Carrots”) – Belly. See AUNTIE (NELLIE)
DESMOND (from South African leader Desmond Tutu) – two-two (2ii, a lower 2nd class UK university degree). See ATTILA
DESPERATE DANS (from Desperate Dans-CANS) – Headphones
DICKIE BIRD – word
DICKIE DIRT – shirt
DICKORY DOCK – clock (AUST) Can also refer to taxicab meters
DIDN’T OUGHTA – Daughter. See BRICKS & MORTAR
DING DONG – sing song (now evolved to mean argument or fight)
DIPSTICK – prick. See (HAMPTON)WICK
DISCO BISCUITS – ecstacy (the drug). (S)
DOG AND BONE – phone
DOG’S EYE – pie (AUST)
DONALD TRUMP – to take a dump (or shit). See CAMEL’S HUMP
DOUGLAS HURD – third (third class university degree). See ATTILA, DESMOND, THORA HIRD, GEOFF. Can also mean turd. See SHITE
DOVER (HARBOUR) – Barber(shop)
D’OYLY CARTE – fart
DRIP DRY ‘EM – not sure of this one but sounds like it could be either similar to the phrase “leaving someone out to dry” or may be a reference to cutting the throat of a victim ? (S)
DRY ROTS (from trots) – diarrhoea. (AUST)
DUCH (from Duchess of Fife) – One’s wife
DUCKS AND DRAKES – shakes (AUST)
DUCKS AND GEESE – police (AUST)
DUKE OF CORK – talk
DUKE (OF KENT) – “bent”; See BEHIND WITH THE RENT. Can also mean “chalk” (from DUKE OF YORK)
DUNLOP TYRE – liar, one who tells PORK PIES
DUSTBIN LIDS -  kids

CONCORDANCE:  http://www.businessballs.com/cockney.htm

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