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[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 OO7. A good behaviour bond. From Ian Fleming’s James Bond.
at 007, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 To ‘cop a bake’ or ‘baking’ is to receive a dressing down. Cognate with applying heat.
at cop a bake (v.) under cop a..., v.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Ace. 1. As in ‘on your ace’, ie alone, left to one’s own resources. Considered part of the prison ethos where a prisoner essentially has to do his own time.
at on one’s ace under ace, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Action. Homosexual activity.
at action, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Afghan. High grade hashish.
at Afghan, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 African nigger. Rhyming slang for ‘cigger’, i.e. cigarette. [...] Sometimes just ‘African’. Waning usage.
at African, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Air raid. Incessant talk.
at air raid, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 An ‘air raider’ is someone given over to excessive locution.
at air-raider (n.) under air raid, v.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Al Capone. Rhyming slang for telephone.
at Al Capone, n.1
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Alexander Graham Bell. Rhyming slang for cell.
at Alexander Graham Bell, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Alci. A contraction of alcoholic.
at alky, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Almond rocks. Rhyming slang for socks.
at almond rock, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Scratches. Rhyming slang for matches.
at fleas and scratches, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Bat and Ball. Escape. Rhyming slang for ‘stall’. Also has connotations of ‘taking one’s bat and ball and going home’.
at bat and ball, v.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Brace and bit. 2. Female breast.
at brace and bits, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Fork and spoon. Lout.
at fork and spoon, n.2
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Froth and bubble. Rhyming slang for trouble.
at froth and bubble, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Jack and Jill. Rhyming slang for pill, specifically amphetamines.
at jack (and jill), n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Wet and damp. Homosexual person.
at wet and damp, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Egg and spoon. Rhyming slang for hoon, ie a pimp. Sometimes just egg.
at egg and spoon, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Brace and bit. 1. Drug paraphenalia.
at brace and bit, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Frog and toad. Leave, or more specifically, to escape. Rhyming slang for road. As in ‘to hit (or on) the frog and toad’. Variation of ‘to hit the road’.
at frog and toad, v.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Hammer and jack. Heroin. Rhyming slang for ‘smack’. Sometimes just hammer.
at hammer and tack, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Horse and cart. Flatulence. Rhyming slang for fart.
at horse and cart, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Twist and Twirl. Rhyming slang for girl.
at twist (and twirl), n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Ducks and geese. Rhyming slang for police.
at ducks and geese, n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Hit and miss. Urination. Rhyming slang for piss.
at hit (and miss), n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Dad and Dave. Rhyming slang for shave.
at Dad and Dave, v.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Pen and ink. Rhyming slang for drink.
at pen (and ink), n.
[Aus] Tupper & Wortley Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Dibs and dabs. Body lice.
at dibs and dabs, n.
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