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I Spya boy's game resembling hide and seek
a boy's game resembling hide and seek
Link to this entryI suppose, the (rhyming)nose
I wudden mindYes, please.
I wannaI require a...
I suppose (rhyming)the nose Also: bugle, hooter
Ibrox Parksoccer field in Glasgow where two major disasters occurred, one in 1902 when a stand collapsed, resulting in 26 dead and hundreds injured; and in 1971, when 66 fans died in a crush.
soccer field in Glasgow where two major disasters occurred, one in 1902 when a stand collapsed, resulting in 26 dead and hundreds injured; and in 1971, when 66 fans died in a crush.
Link to this entryIcersice cakes (i.e., with icing)
Ickey, ther firebobbythe fireman. Some describe Icky as a mythical Lancashire personality. He is invoked mainly to engage the fancy of children as the cause and blame of routine inconveniences and mysteries, something like "the little man who wasn't there." Cf. "Da Ba" on this list.
the fireman. Some describe Icky as a mythical Lancashire personality. He is invoked mainly to engage the fancy of children as the cause and blame of routine inconveniences and mysteries, something like "the little man who wasn't there." Cf. "Da Ba" on this list.
Link to this entryIddleIt will.
identity paradea police lineup
Ignorancetypically refers to bad manners
Ikey. Yer very ikey. You are very dandified. flashy, overdressed, "posh"
Im. My husband(slightly derisive).
impsminute squares of liquorice, strong enough to seem to burn the tongue, but loved by children in the fifties. The candy was something like the Sen-Sen sold around the same time in the United States.
minute squares of liquorice, strong enough to seem to burn the tongue, but loved by children in the fifties. The candy was something like the Sen-Sen sold around the same time in the United States.
Link to this entryin a tickmomentarily
In der club. I tink I'm in der club, doctorI think I am pregnant, doctor. See also" in the duff" and "in the pudding club."
I think I am pregnant, doctor. See also" in the duff" and "in the pudding club."
Link to this entryInch and a Half(rhyming)scarf
infernal combustionLiverpudlian for internal combustion
Inny, theThe Liverpool Institute High School for Boys
Intensive Care Unitthe punishment block of a prison
invisible blues(obsolete)plainclothes policemen
Irish Fever, thethe name often given to the typhus epidemics of the last century as it showed up in the paths of the famine migrations. Other names for it: gaol fever, spotted fever, camp fever, putrid fever.
the name often given to the typhus epidemics of the last century as it showed up in the paths of the famine migrations. Other names for it: gaol fever, spotted fever, camp fever, putrid fever.
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