![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom")
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 24: Sporty cards were displayed – one read, ‘What the devil’s on the “Me and You”’.at me-and-you, n.
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 24: Sporty cards were displayed – one read, ‘What the devil’s on the “Me and You”’. ‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 41: After a pause someone would say, ‘Better take a ball of chalk (walk), chum’.at ball of chalk, n.
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 26: I’m off to Bo Peep and in the morning I’ll make Chummy a cup of Rosy Lee.at bo-peep, v.
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 42: In 1940 Hitler held a Brock’s [firework manufacturer] Benefit over London. [...] We took it and told the Bosh to go to Hell, where he belongs.at Boche, n.
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 25: After a while he got up and went to the carsey.at carsey, n.
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 26: I’m off to Bo Peep and in the morning I’ll make Chummy a cup of Rosy Lee.at chummy, n.3
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 25: Poor lass; D.O.A. – Dead on Arrival.at d.o.a., v.
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 5: I am no saint. I wear no dog collar or uniform.at dog-collar (n.) under dog, n.2
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 36: I was overwhelmed with pride when I walked out of the house to see the ‘Old Dutch’ in a Rolls Royce hearse.at Dutch, n.4
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 28: ‘Did you get bombed?’ I asked. ‘Yes’ [...] my wife and kids were windy, and after the fireworks had died down a bit I got out of the shelter to go indoors and make a cup of tea. [Ibid.] 42: In 1940 Hitler held a Brock’s [firework manufacturer] Benefit over London. The fireworks were good in so much that round certain parts of the Elephant many millions of bugs were killed and vile property destroyed.at fireworks, n.
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 41: The laughter and ridicule would bring the flatties (police) and he would be chucked out or knocked off. If the latter, at the court next morning he would plead his own cause.at flattie, n.3
(con. 1920s)
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 22: The lads meant no offence when they referred to God as the ‘Geyser upstairs’.at geezer, n.1
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 26: If he wakes up, so that he won’t get the wind up, I’ll leave on the glim (gas light).at glim, n.
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 41: The laughter and ridicule would bring the flatties (police) and he would be chucked out or knocked off. If the latter, at the court next morning he would plead his own cause.at knock off, v.
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 28: He did not look too good. I asked if he had been on the razzle.at razzle, n.
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 41: We would not kill him either at Wandsworth by the humane killer, or even in the good old-fashioned spectacular way near Marble Arch of the Tyburn Tree fame.at Tyburn tree (n.) under Tyburn, n.
(con. 1920s)
‘Bubbles’ of the Old Kent Road 22: The lads meant no offence when they referred to God as the ‘Geyser upstairs.’.at upstairs, n.
no more results