Derby Kelly is Cockney slang for Belly. Boiled beef and carrots, That’s the stuff for your “Derby Kell”, Makes you fit and keeps you well. Don’t live like vegetarians.
Why do they call your belly a derby?
“Derby Kell” is old Cockney rhyming slang for belly (“Derby Kelly”). “Blow out your kite” means “fill your stomach”. It uses the word kite (also kyte), a dialect word, originally derived from an Old English word for the womb which, by extension, came to mean the belly.
What is a Darby in Cockney?
(Cockney rhyming slang) belly quotations ▼
What does Apple mean in Cockney?
Stairs
apples pl (plural only) (Cockney rhyming slang) Stairs.
How do you say Girl in Cockney?
Twist and Twirl is Cockney slang for Girl.
What is a bag in Cockney?
bag/bag of sand = grand = one thousand pounds (£1,000), seemingly recent cockney rhyming slang, in use from around the mid-1990s in Greater London; perhaps more widely too.
Why do Cockneys call a house a gaff?
This comes almost certainly from the use of gaff in the eighteenth-century to mean a fair, and later a cheap music-hall or theatre (as in the famous penny gaff). Again, this probably comes from a Romany word, this time for a town, especially a country town that holds a regular market, where such a fair might be held.
What are Jacobs in Cockney?
Jacobs is Cockney slang for Testicles.
Probably derived from the Cockney Rhyming Slang: Jacobs Cream Crackers = Knackers.
What is Doris in Cockney?
(Britain, slang) One’s girlfriend, wife or significant other.
What is a monkey in Cockney?
(Picture: Getty) The most widely recognised Cockney rhyming slang terms for money include ‘pony’ which is £25, a ‘ton’ is £100 and a ‘monkey’, which equals £500. Also used regularly is a ‘score’ which is £20, a ‘bullseye’ is £50, a ‘grand’ is £1,000 and a ‘deep sea diver’ which is £5 (a fiver).
How do you say hello in Cockney?
‘Hiya’ or ‘Hey up’ – these informal greetings both mean ‘hello’ and are especially popular in the north of England.
What is jam jar in Cockney?
(Cockney rhyming slang) A car.
What is a lemon in Cockney?
In Cockney rhyming slang, it means Smart. Lemon Tart = Smart. You could say, “Don’t get lemon (with me)” But most people don’t use the word Lemon for smart anymore. It’s more used to call someone an idiot.
What is a Cockney slang for wife?
Trouble and Strife is Cockney slang for Wife.
Trouble and Strife is classic Cockney Rhyming Slang.
What is the Cockney slang for toilet?
Khazi. Another slightly dated alternative word to the toilet, ‘khazi’ (also spelt karzy, kharsie or carzey) is derived from the low Cockney word ‘carsey’, meaning a privy. It has its roots in the nineteenth century, but gained popular usage during the twentieth century.
What is beautiful in Cockney slang?
Tutti Frutti is Cockney slang for Beauty.
What is balls in Cockney?
The phrase originated as Cockney rhyming slang where “cobblers” refers to cobbler’s awls which rhymes with “balls” (testicles), as in the exclamation “Balls!” for “Nonsense!”. The use of the rhyme allows a taboo word, in this case the vulgar exclamation “balls!”, to be avoided.
What does take a Toby mean?
Ride the toby or ply the toby meaning practice highway robbery. There are many other related expressions centering around highway robbery. But Delboy we think is simply referring to the road. Date: 25-Nov-2009.
Why do Brits say innit?
“Innit” is an abbreviation of “isn’t it” most commonly used amongst teenagers and young people. This phrase is used to confirm or agree with something that another person has just said. “It’s really cold today.” “Innit.”
What does I’ll wet you mean?
In black US and British slang dating to at least 1990, to wet someone meant “to bloody” them, i.e., injuring them in a way that makes them bleed.
What do Cockneys call police?
Bluebottle – The police from Cockney Slang.