Duke of York n.
1. a walk.
Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. | ||
Life and Work among Navvies 41: When a man gets tired of walking a long distance to his work [...] if he wishes to express himself in the approved slang phraseology, he will do it thus: – ‘I can’t stand this Duke of York to my Russian-Turk’. |
2. talk.
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Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl. |
3. a fork.
Sl. Dict. 153: ‘Duke of Yorks,’ forks = fingers. | ||
(con. WWI) Soldier and Sailor Words 84: Duke Of York; Fork. | ||
Cockney 291: ‘Duke of Yorks’ rhyming on ‘forks’. | ||
Up the Frog. | ||
Rhy. Cockney Sl. | ||
Cockney Dialect and Sl. 103: Dook of York ‘fork’. | ||
Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl. |
4. in pl., fingers [= fork n.1 (3)].
Sl. Dict. 153: ‘Duke of Yorks,’ forks = fingers. | ||
Fowlers End (2001) 99: She can make that pianner talk, once she gets ’er Duke-o’-Yorks on it. | ||
Dict. of Rhy. Sl. | ||
Good Words 317: Duke of Yorks, fingers (used as forks). |
5. chalk.
Down Donkey Row 11: Duke of York – Chalk. | ||
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Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl. |
6. a cork.
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Rhy. Cockney Sl. |
7. pork.
Up the Frog. | ||
Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl. |