Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. illegal.

2002

D. Shaw ‘Dead Beard’ at www.asstr.org 🌐 Every jam jar in my yard is the goods, I don’t deal in anything that’s stoke on trent, and never mind the slander about car salesmen always telling pork pies.

2. homosexual.

1985		J. Sullivan ‘It’s Only Rock and Roll’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] That showbusiness lark – they’re all Stoke-on-Trent aren’t they.
2004		P. Howard PS, I Scored the Bridesmaids 44: Don’t want the birds in here thinking I’ve gone Stoke.