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Ghost Squad 24: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang are: [...] rub-a-dub (pub or club).at rub-a-dub, n.2
Ghost Squad 24: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang are: [...] rub-a-dub (pub or club). Ghost Squad 25: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang are: [...] ‘Almonds’ equals almond rock (sock).at almond rock, n.
Ghost Squad 24: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang are: [...] Jack and Jill (till).at jack (and jill), n.
Ghost Squad 76: His name is Bill and he’s Mutt and Jeff (deaf).at mutt and jeff, adj.
Ghost Squad 25: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang are: [...] ‘Jekyll’ is snide (crooked) from Jekyll &Hyde.at jekyll (and hyde), adj.
Ghost Squad 24: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang are: [...] ‘He's no bottle’, equals ‘He's no bottle and glass’ (class).at bottle (and glass), n.
Ghost Squad 24: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang are: [...] ‘Elephant’ equals ‘Elephant and Castle’ (pronounced ‘Carsel’) which means a parcel.at elephant and castle, n.
Ghost Squad 25: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] ‘six and eight’ means ‘straight’ or honest.at six-and-eight, adj.
Ghost Squad 179: You’ve only been nipping me regularly for fourteen years. You’re a mumping old so-and-so.at so-and-so, n.
Ghost Squad 139: One of the blokes said ‘Arse her [a lorry] up here,’ I backed her up against one of the Railway arches.at arse, v.
Ghost Squad 178: I went arse over head down a cellar at Dalston Lane.at arse over head under arse, n.
Ghost Squad 169: Policemen are not fond of crooks who try to murder other policemen, and the balloon went up with a vengeance.at when the balloon goes up under balloon, n.
Ghost Squad 98: Basher Field, a real villain [...] a tough, wizened old fellow whose punishments had included the ‘cat’ .at basher, n.1
Ghost Squad 116: By this time he [i.e. the confidence trickster] and the landlord are on good terms. The bird is getting ready for the plucking.at bird, n.1
Ghost Squad 25: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] ‘bogies’ or ‘jockeys’ are policemen and ‘bladder’ (bladder of lard) means New Scotland Yard.at bladder of lard, n.2
Ghost Squad 152: I imagine Bernstein thought that it [i.e. a smart shop] gave an aura of respectability to his nefarious enterprises; for all this was a blind.at blind, n.1
Ghost Squad 25: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] a ‘blower’ or ‘runner’ is a deserter.at blower, n.6
Ghost Squad 41: I said: ‘I’m not coming in here with you again. You embarrass me.’ He raised a surprised eyebrow. ‘The Brixton Shuffle!’ I said. Tommy was not amused.at Brixton shuffle, n.
Ghost Squad 24: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang are: [...] ‘On the currant’ equals ‘on the currant bun’ (run).at on the currant (bun) under currant bun, n.
Ghost Squad 25: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang: [...] ‘He's got Newingtons’ means ‘he's got guts’ from Newington Butts, a district of London.at newington butts, n.
Ghost Squad 24: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang are: [...] Sarah Soo, Four-by-two or Kangar (Kangaroo) means a Jew.at four by two, n.
Ghost Squad 48: When people talk about ‘dangerous criminals’ they usually mean the crook who uses violence — the gunman, the chivver, the cosh-boy.at chivver, n.
Ghost Squad 25: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] a phone can be either ‘trombone’ or ‘Eau de Cologne’.at eau-de-Cologne, n.
Ghost Squad 48: When people talk about ‘dangerous criminals’ they usually mean the crook who uses violence — the gunman, the chivver, the cosh-boy.at cosh, n.
Ghost Squad 150: A ‘crow’ (look-out man) had been posted on every corner. Villainy was afoot.at crow, n.2
Ghost Squad 24: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang are: [...] ‘What about Daily?’ equals ‘What about Daily Mail?’ (bail).at daily (mail), n.
Ghost Squad 25: Thieves’ argot, spoken properly, is a foreign language which needs to be learned [...] Among the words and phrases derived from rhyming slang: [...] ‘Flowery’ is a cell (Flowery Dell).at flowery (dell), n.
Ghost Squad 97: She [i.e. a shoplifter] must have taken that store down for a small fortune.at take down, v.
Ghost Squad 150: He sent with him a ‘drummer’ — a man who had to make sure that the coast was clear and help the screwsman with unskilled jobs, such as carrying the ladder.at drummer, n.6
Ghost Squad 70: It was the end of Stringy. he bit the dust with a thump.at bite the dust (v.) under dust, n.
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