Herbert n.
a simple person; thus Herbert music, music-hall jokes mixed with rock music.
[ | ![]() | Breaking Into Society (1904) 178: No wonder that pale-faced Herbert, the would-be High Roller, looked with Awe upon Cousin Jim]. |
![]() | They Drive by Night 13: Good old Pompey. That’s where all the right herbs ended up. | |
![]() | None But the Lonely Heart 40: You was waiting for some bright herbert to take a first timer at you. [Ibid.] 95: Case some bright herb comes down here in a bit of a hurry. | |
![]() | ‘Hancock’s School’ in Hancock’s Half-Hour (BBC Radio) series 5 4 Mar. Sid James: You’ll have a school of spotty faced herberts in no time. | |
![]() | Jubb (1966) 161: Show this Herbert out. He doesn’t want to buy. | |
![]() | Hazell and the Three-card Trick (1977) 52: Think yer too high an’ mighty to drink wiv us common herberts? | |
![]() | (con. 1930s) Muvver Tongue 35: In the early thirties all the herberts went about saying ‘Oh, yeah’, ‘sez you’ and ‘scram’. | |
![]() | Auf Wiedersehen Pet Two 237: Now, what are the other Herberts up to? | |
![]() | Campus Sl. Apr. 4: herb – nerd. Possibly from the proper name Herbert. | |
![]() | Layer Cake 254: I’m starting to feel like one of those Herberts who join the army to see the world. | |
![]() | All the Colours 279: [A] trio of lurching herberts in Ben Sherman checks. | |
![]() | Unfaithful Music 250: [T]he Legs & Co. dance troupe [were] more than able to swat away the attentions of various spotty herberts. |