Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Jack the Ripper n.

[rhy. sl.; ult. Jack the Ripper, the late 19C mass-killer]

1. a kipper [like his victims, kippers are slit open].

[UK]L. Payne private coll. n.p.: Kipper Jack the Ripper.
[UK]J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl.
[Aus]F.J. Hardy Outcasts of Foolgarah (1975) 34: I had a Jack the Ripper for breakfast and it’s made me raspberry tart.
[UK] (ref. to 1940s) R. Barnes Coronation Cups and Jam Jars 163: Whoever gets the water can have a bit of me Jack the Ripper.
[UK](con. 1930s) Barltrop & Wolveridge Muvver Tongue 20: Jack the Rippers : kippers.
[UK]B. Kirkpatrick Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl.

2. a slipper.

[UK]P. Wright Cockney Dialect and Sl. 106: Jack the Ripper ‘slippers’.

3. a stripper.

D. Shaw ‘Dead Beard’ at www.asstr.org 🌐 I’m laughing like a drain as I lie back and watch Dionne doing a jack the ripper routine with her bikini bottom.
[UK]B. Dark Dirty Cockney Rhy. Sl.