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(con. 1920s) My East End (2000) 82: We lived in rows of terraced houses with just upstairs and downstairs, and a few basements [airys or areas], wedged close together.at airy, n.1
(con. 1920s) My East End (2000) 82: We lived in rows of terraced houses with just upstairs and downstairs, and a few basements [airys or areas], wedged close together. (con. 1850s–60s) My East End (2000) 34: Common lodging houses, bad as they were, were cheap and certainly preferable to the workhouse or to ‘carrying the banner’ all night.at carry the banner (v.) under banner, n.
My East End (2000) 79: My father’s generation of East Enders – he was born in 1919 – do not speak the dull, uniform, flat-vowelled Estuary English [...] He will still use what is essentially Victorian idiom – phrases such as ‘daddler mooey’ and ‘fard’n face’.at daddler, n.2
(con. 1920s) My East End (2000) 88: There was this one bloke, he talked a bit posh, but he was dooky [dirty] and he shuffled about in these old clothes.at dookie, adj.
(con. 1920s–30s) My East End (2000) 101: And crossed fingers and ‘fainlights’ gave you protection.at fains!, excl.
My East End (2000) 79: My father’s generation of East Enders – he was born in 1919 – do not speak the dull, uniform, flat-vowelled Estuary English [...] He will still use what is essentially Victorian idiom – phrases such as ‘daddler mooey’ and ‘fard’n face’.at farthing-face (n.) under farthing, n.
(con. 1850s–90s) My East End (2000) 62: Then there were the more costly, though still affordable delights of the music halls, and, cheaper though no less fun, were the penny gaffs.at penny gaff (n.) under gaff, n.1
(con. 1950s) My East End 87: And it was harder for kids to play the hop. If one of your ‘aunties’ saw you hanging about when you should have been at school they wouldn’t look the other way.at play the hop (v.) under hop, n.4
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