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[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 52: Mary the finger-and-thumb of Jesus.
at finger and thumb, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 48: Your bushel-and-peck is like an ivory tower.
at bushel (and peck), n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 12: Get yourselves up to the top of a bloomin’ Jack-and-Jill. [Ibid.] 23: Me and me currant are off up that Jack over there to worship God.
at jack (and jill), n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 65: The whole lean-and-lurch heard about this and they was all well scared.
at lean and lurch, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 73: You’re well Mutt-and-Jeff to God’s dicky!
at mutt and jeff, adj.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 10: A little ol’ plant taking root in the dry safe-and-sound.
at safe (and sound), n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 63: The real Guv who made all the heaven, earth, and the coffee-and-tea and all that’s in ’em!
at coffee and tea, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 101: His old man was a Bubble-and-squeak.
at bubble and squeak, n.2
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 28: Instead of singing your happy ding-dongs, you’ll be snoop-and-prying.
at snoop and pry, v.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 99: They ain’t to sleep around and mess around with sex unless they’re cut-and-carried.
at cut and carried, adj.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 124: You sit there on your big fife-and-drum judging me according to the Law.
at fife and drum, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 65: Tom-and-Dick people were carried out into the streets and they were placed on Uncle Neds and dog-and-cats.
at tom and dick, adj.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 68: Brothers and skins, you’re gonna have to choose seven geezers from among you.
at skin-and-blister, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 26: I’ve seen ’em selling honest people into slavery just ’cos they owe some bread-and-honey.
at bread and honey, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 11: We bloomin’ muck things up all the lemon-and-lime.
at lemon (and lime), n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 77: There was suddenly this real dazzling merry-and-bright that flashed in the apple pie.
at merry and bright, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 67: You could end up finding yourselves read-and-writing against God, innit?
at read and write, v.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 132: Paul stretched out his German band.
at German bands, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 27: The lemon is coming when I will make the Bath bun go down in the middle of the blinkin’ day.
at bath bun, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 16: We’ll do the ding-dong-bell we like, thank you very much!
at ding-dong bell, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 17: Listen to what I, the big boss, God of Israel, have to say.
at big boss, the, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 45: While I was ’aving a little Bo Peep, me stop-and-start was well awake.
at bo-peep, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 130: We Romans don’t go around handing over anyone accused of a crime before he has met his bloomin’ accusers boat to boat.
at boat, n.2
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 55: Your currant buns and bottles-of-water are gonna preach my message.
at bottle (of water), n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 124: Paul ’ad a good butcher’s at the Council.
at have a butcher’s (at) (v.) under butcher’s hook, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 58: Now I’ll need bread to buy canoes for me plates!
at canoe, n.1
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 8: Then ’ave a butcher’s at some well-known bits from each of their Captain Hooks.
at Captain Hook, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 47: Just like cute little doves by some flowing fisherman’s daughter, doves washed in Charlie Dilke.
at Charley Dilke, n.
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 82: Wait a cock-linnet! I’m not that Hank Marvin!
at cock linnet, n.2
[UK] M. Coles More Bible in Cockney 133: You’re a blinkin’ loony, Paul! You’ve studied so bloomin’ much that it’s made you completely crackers!
at crackers, adj.
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