my dirty cousin phr.
a pej. form of address, usu. aimed at one who is judged to be affecting modesty.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Polite Conversation 67: A Kiss! marry come up my dirty Couzin: Are you no sicker? | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Cork Examiner 13 Apr. 4/2: He pretends to be disgusted with the Prince of Wales ‘for taking the liberty of calling me Charles!’ Marry come up, my dirty cousin! | |
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | Fife Herald 5 Apr. 4/5: Who will readily forget the strange scorn [...] scattered through that letter where he speaks of the prince with a ‘Marry come up, my dirty cousin’? | |
| Cornishman 15 Sept. 2/3: Mr Tredweeke: Get on, my dirty cousin. |