Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Amos and Andy n.1

[rhy. sl.; the Amos and Andy radio show was highly popular in the US in the 1930s–40s; it featured two white actors, Freeman Gosden (1899–1982) and Charles Correll (1890–1972), faking it as ‘dumb but happy darkies’, and as such was one of the last interpretations of the old ‘minstrel show’]

1. brandy.

Show quotations
[Aus]J. Meredith Learn to Talk the Old Jack Lang 19: Amos and Andy: brandy .
Faerie Ring ‘Cockney Rhyming Sl.’ 🌐 Brandy Amos and Andy.
[Aus]Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 Amos and Andy: brandy.

2. shandy.

Show quotations
[UK]R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.