rattle and clank n.
1. orig. naval, a prison [= tank n.2 (1)].
![]() | Tar Dust 76: ‘An’ look lively about it or I’ll slap you in the rattle for feigning sickness’. | |
![]() | (con. WW2) Heart of Oak [ebook] I’d had a knee trembler with a bird outside the Heffelent and got a nap hand ... and I went adrift ‘cos I didn’t want to be in the rattle for the next bleeding ten years. |
2. a bank.
![]() | Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl. | |
![]() | Fresh Rabbit. | |
![]() | Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl. |