“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.
Does Darby mean belly?
Derby Kelly is Cockney slang for Belly.
Immortalised by Harry Champion in the song Boiled Beef and Carrots.
Why do Cockneys call a house a drum?
Drum and Bass is Cockney slang for Place.
The word drum was originally used to describe a room or prison cell or even a road. It then became confined to only mean the home. Finally this was rhymed with Drum and Bass giving its modern interpretation.
What is Cockney slang breast?
bristols pl (plural only) (Cockney rhyming slang) Breasts.
Why do Cockneys call 25 a pony?
Whilst this is not cemented in fact, the widely held belief is that the terms came from soldiers returning to Britain from India. Old Indian rupee banknotes had animals on them and it is said that the 500 rupee note had a monkey on it and the 25 rupee featured a pony.
What is Darby short for?
Surname
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Meaning | “deer” “farm”/”settlement” |
| Region of origin | English |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | D’Arby, d’Arby, D’arby, Derby |
What is a Darby in Cockney?
(Cockney rhyming slang) belly quotations ▼
Why is a walk called a Toby?
“”Toby” means “road” in this context, but it isn’t rhyming slang. It seems to come from about 1811. It is derived from the language of Irish travellers who use the word “tober” to mean road. Another related expression is the toby meaning highway robbery.
Why is a house called a gaff?
‘Gaff’ is a slang term used in cockney and estuary dialects of English. Most people will tell you it means ‘house’, and this is the sense in which you will hear it most often, but it actually means ‘place’.
What is toilet in Cockney?
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.
Why do Cockneys call a watch a kettle?
Kettle and hob = watch
This is a confusing phrase as it doesn’t rhyme with its modern-day meaning. The term means watch, which stemmed from a ‘fob’ watch which was a pocket watch attached to the body with a small chain. The kettle used to boil on the hob of a stove… hence the rhyme.
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.
Why is 200 called a bottle?
bottle = two pounds, or earlier tuppence (2d), from the cockney rhyming slang: bottle of spruce = deuce (= two pounds or tuppence). Spruce probably mainly refers to spruce beer, made from the shoots of spruce fir trees which is made in alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties.
What are Jacobs in Cockney?
Jacobs is Cockney slang for Testicles.
Probably derived from the Cockney Rhyming Slang: Jacobs Cream Crackers = Knackers.
Why is 300 called a carpet?
3 years hard labour was known as drag. The cockney rhyming slang for drag was carpet bag. The number 3 and 3/1 later became known as carpet.
Why is peg short for Margaret?
Peggy from Margaret
Over the years, Maggie morphed into Meggie and Meg, likely because of accents changing the vowel sound. That continued to transform into the Peggy and Peg we know today, based simply on a trend of creating nicknames that rhyme. It’s the same reason we have Bill from William.
What is Trixie short for?
Trixie is a shortened form of the given names Beatrix or Beatrice or Patricia or adopted as a nickname or used as a given name.
What’s Shug short for?
Slang for sugar. A term of endearment.
What is Doris in Cockney?
(Britain, slang) One’s girlfriend, wife or significant other.
What is a Vera in Cockney?
vera (plural veras) (Cockney rhyming slang) A skin (rolling paper for cigarettes).