ham and eggs n.
legs, occas. in sing. (see cite 1919).
Sport (Adelaide) 14 Mar. 4/4: Maggie and Winnie M have fine ‘Ham and Eggs’. | ||
Truth (Brisbane) 28 Sept. 2/2: ‘Aussie Hater’ seems to have had his ham and egg badly pulled by some ginger Aussie twist, but why should he condemn the lot for the needle and pins of one? | ||
Mail (Adelaide) 16 Feb. 1/4: This is how a class of rhyming ‘slangsters’ [...] discourse on anatomy:— Legs— [...] ham and eggs. | ||
Rhy. Sl. 11: Have a ‘butcher’s’ at her ‘ham and eggs’. | ||
Smith’s Wkly (Sydney) 25 Dec. 6/1: This is a sheila with very sensational ham-and-eggs, but far too young to be kicking them about the stage. | ||
Dict. of Rhy. Sl. | ||
‘Whisper All Aussie Dict.’ in Kings Cross Whisper (Sydney) xxxv 6/2: ham and eggs: Legs. | ||
Up and Down Under 80: Look at all the good sorts walking past, look at the ‘ham and eggs’ (legs). | ||
Dict. of Invective (1991) 41: In other instances, the speaker may go so far as to articulate the rhyme word, e.g., ham and eggs, legs. | ||
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 83/2: ham and eggs n pl. legs. |