1981 B. Hoy ‘Uncle George’ in Wright Cockney Dial. and Sl. (1981) 108: Yer couldn’t afford to be choosy, / Yer’d work till you dropped for a quid / For yer trouble an’ strife / And to keep bref o’ life / In a blitherin’ young saucepan-lid.at trouble and strife, n.
1981 B. Hoy ‘Uncle George’ in Wright Cockney Dial. and Sl. (1981) 109: Britannia’s gawn right up the Swanee, / Wiv closed minces we foller the oafs. / We’re in bad two-an’-eights / Buckle to, mi ol’ mates / And for cryin’ aht lahd use yer loafs!at two and eight, n.
1981 P. Wright Cockney Dialect and Sl. 99: ‘Gin’ need not always be Vera Lynn [...] it may be needle an’ pin.at needle (and pin), n.
1981 P. Wright Cockney Dialect and Sl. 105: brovvers n’ sisters ‘whiskers’.at brothers and sisters, n.