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(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 1: Expressions like ‘I’m living on Air Pie’ for ‘I’m going hungry’, [...] or ‘I’ve seen more dinner times than dinners,’ I heard my parents say.at air pie (and a walk around) (n.) under air, n.
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 1: Expressions like ‘I’m living on Air Pie’ for ‘I’m going hungry’, [...] or ‘I’ve seen more dinner times than dinners,’ I heard my parents say. (con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 8: For going to the Lav we used euphemisms like ‘I’m going to see my Aunt’.at my aunt (n.) under aunt, n.
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 11: I’m all Buggered up like Barneys Bull.at buggered up (adj.) under bugger up, v.
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 4: When we got back we were cooty too.at cooty, adj.
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 9: I heard her say ‘We can’t pay the landlord today, he’ll have to cork his arsehole up’.at cork up, v.
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 7: I often heard Adults saying to grizzling children ‘It’s no use you kicking up a Dido! You ain’t getting your own way’.at cut up didoes (v.) under dido, n.1
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 2: You’re done up like a Dog’s Dinner.at done like (a) dog’s dinner (adj.) under dog’s dinner, n.
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 2: The very few overdressed would be accused of ‘looking like a pox doctor’s clerk’.at look like a pox doctor’s clerk (v.) under look like..., v.
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 4: I married a wife old hen [...] My wife she dies old hen.at old hen (n.) under old, adj.
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 2: Those who were ‘Hard Up’ [...] were: down and out, on the rocks.at on the rocks under rocks, n.
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 7: The most commonly used expressions for kicking up a row were ‘causing a shemozzle’ and ‘raising cain’.at shemozzle, n.
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 8: If he had said ‘Piss off’ she would have sloshed him with a saucepan.at slosh, v.1
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 2: Silver collectively was snow.at snow, n.1
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 10: We all knew that [...] Stumers were the horses my old man kept backing.at stumer, n.1
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 6: When a woman said ‘I’ll have to be going, where’s my Ta-Ta?’ she meant ‘I’m off where’s my Titfer.’.at ta-ta, n.
(con. 1930s) He Don’t Know ‘A’ from a Bull’s Foot 8: For going to the Lav we used euphemisms like [...] ‘I’m going to have to sit on the Throne.’.at sit on the throne (v.) under throne, n.
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