tekram n.
market, esp. Covent Garden; thus ogging ot tekram, going to market.
Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. 128: NI-OG OT TAKRAM, going to market. | ||
, , | Sl. Dict. [as cit. 1859]. | |
Sl. Dict. 355: Ogging ot tekram going to market. | ||
Sydney Sl. Dict. (2 edn) 11: Ogging ot Tokram - Going to market. | ||
Northampton Mercury 12 Apr. 12/4: The phrase ‘niog ot tekram’ [is] constantly in use by costers’. | ||
St Andrews Citizen 18 July 1/1: [advert] LLA ‘MOOR EMOH SDEEN’ Texn ot Enalrafcam Recorg ni Tekram Teerts. | ||
Signs of Crime 204: Tekram Any street market, once only the Covent Garden or Finsbury markets (London backslang). |