Uncle Ben n.1
(bingo) the number ten.
Portsmouth Eve. News 23 Nov. 4/4: A man with [...] only £1 or £2 is a ‘case phunt’ or a ‘deuce phunt’. If he has £5 he is a ‘flim’. £10 an ‘Uncle Ben’, and more than that a ‘John Peel’ or a ‘Sarker’. | ||
Reported Safe Arrival 85: ‘Ten’ is [...] rarely ‘Cock and Hen’ or ‘Uncle Ben.’. | ||
Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl. | ||
Cockney Rabbit. |