box of toys n.
1. boys [sole example, but one-off invention is not uncommon with rhy. sl.].
postcard in Evans & Skinner Jack the Ripper (2001) 60: Say Boss— You seem rare frightened, guess I'd like to give you fits, but can't stop time enough to let you box of toys play copper games with me. |
2. noise.
Down Donkey Row 11: Box of toys – Noise. | ||
Cockney Dialect and Sl. 106: There is no time at work to shout e.g. ‘Shut yer box of toys!’: ‘Shut yer box!’ is enough. |