coal and coke adj.
penniless, impoverished.
Dict. of Rhy. Sl. | ||
Up the Frog. | ||
(con. 1930s) Ain’t it Grand 44: Even when I was nearly Stone Coals and Coke I could usually scrape up enough for a smoke. | ||
(con. 1930s) Muvver Tongue 18: A hard-up person is [...] ‘stone coals and coke’. | ||
Cockney Rabbit. |