Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a trowel.

1934		John O’London’s Weekly 9 June in DSUE (1984).
1960		J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl.
2002		B. Kirkpatrick Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl.

2. (Aus.) a towel.

1905		Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I felt goodoh when I came out and dried myself with the Baden Powell.
1981		P. Wright Cockney Dialect and Sl. 103: Baden-Powell [...] ‘towel’.
1984		J. Meredith Learn to Talk the Old Jack Lang 13: I came out and dried myself with the Baden Powell.
2002		Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 Baden Powell: a towel.