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Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 183: Rice pudding, says a Manchester boy, is ‘Three-six-five pudding’ (’because it is served every day’).at 365, n.
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 183: Rice pudding, says a Manchester boy, is ‘Three-six-five pudding’ (’because it is served every day’). Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 344: ‘Almond rocks’ for socks.at almond rock, n.
Lore and Lang. Schoolchildren 169: A chap who has got duck’s disease is most often labelled ‘Tich’ in a friendly manner, or ‘squirt’ or ‘little squirt’ in a less friendly manner. Alternatively: ankle biter, dolly mixture [etc.].at ankle-biter (n.) under ankle, n.
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 183: Margarine or ‘marge’ is ‘Maggy Anne’.at maggy ann, n.
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 183: ‘Armoured cow’ proclaims that tinned corned beef is on the menu.at armoured cow, n.
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 43: The rolling pin was made of brass, / They turned me up and smacked my arse.at arse, n.
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 175: To turn a verb or adjective into a descriptive noun, as: creep-ass, squall-ass.at -ass, sfx
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 188: The unfortunate fat boy [...] whose ‘bacon bonce’ (face) is flanked with ‘slobber chops’.at bacon-bonce, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 215: ‘Bagsy’, ‘Baggy mine’, and ‘I bags it’.at bags I!, excl.
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 344: As far away as Newcastle respectable children can be heard saying they are ‘going for a ball of chalk’ when setting out for a walk.at ball of chalk, n.
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 183: Sausages are ‘bangers’.at banger, n.3
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 175: Ten shillings is ‘half a nicker’ or ‘half a bar’.at half a bar (n.) under bar, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 75: Someone with a crew-cut is a ‘Bean head’, ‘Bullet head’, or ‘Convict number 99’.at bean-head (n.) under bean, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 395: Nicknames current among boys [...] Beat Basher, Bogey, Brass Bonce.at beat basher (n.) under beat, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 75: The cry ‘Beaver!’ is a thing of the past.at beaver, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 395: Nicknames current among boys [...] Brass Bonce, Busy Bee, Cop, Copper.at busy bee (n.) under bee, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 186: Bubble gum, the new fad [...] is known as ‘beetle fat’.at beetle fat (n.) under beetle, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 175: Large feet are ‘beetle crushers’.at beetle-crusher (n.) under beetle, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 395: Nicknames current among boys [...] Beetle-crusher, Beat Basher, Bogey.at beetle-crusher (n.) under beetle, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 212: Beetle off, bugger off, bunk.at beetle, v.
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 395: Nicknames current among boys [...] Beetle, Beetle-crusher, Beat Basher.at beetle, n.2
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 181: Other superlatives in favour were: bang on, beezer.at beezer, adj.
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 175: A threepenny piece is a ‘bit’.at bit, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 199: He is – scatty, screwy [...] off his chump (head, nut, block).at off one’s block (adj.) under block, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 58: There was a bloomin’ spider, / Climbed up a bloomin’ spout.at blooming, adj.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 395: Nicknames current among boys [...] include: Bobby, Blueboy, Boy in Blue.at boys in blue, n.
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 395: Nicknames current among boys [...] Blue Lamp Boy.at blue lamp boy (n.) under blue, adj.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 395: Nicknames current among boys [...] include: Bobby, Blueboy, Boy in Blue.at blue boy, n.2
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 325: The appearance of new clothes is another signal for pinches and derision [...] They call a boy a ‘Spiv’, ‘Gaudy Georgey’, ‘Bobby Dazzler’.at bobby-dazzler, n.1
Lore and Lang. of Schoolchildren (1977) 216: Biff him on the boko.at boko, n.
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