Food & eating
These usages are arranged alphabetically, all having something to do with the theme of "food, eating, etc." For fuller information about each usage, see the main list. There are twenty-six files there. Just click on to the appropriate letter.
114 entries
abnabssandwiches
sandwiches
Full A–Z entry →aftersdessert
dessert
Full A–Z entry →Bedfordshire ClangerCornish Pastie with fruit in one end for dessert
Cornish Pastie with fruit in one end for dessert
Full A–Z entry →black tapiocacaviar
caviar
Full A–Z entry →blind buttybread, but nothing on it or between the slices
bread, but nothing on it or between the slices
Full A–Z entry →blind scousemeatless stew
meatless stew
Full A–Z entry →blushing bunnya poor person's Welsh Rarebit
a poor person's Welsh Rarebit
Full A–Z entry →bullamacowcorned beef
corned beef
Full A–Z entry →burgooporridge
porridge
buttysandwich
sandwich
Full A–Z entry →Calcuttamargarine
margarine
canary cakesaffron colored slab cake
saffron colored slab cake
Full A–Z entry →carryin' outpacked lunch
packed lunch
Cheshire (or Chester) Plonkthe name for Nelson cakes, or wet nellies, in other parts of Britain
the name for Nelson cakes, or wet nellies, in other parts of Britain
chip buttyfrench fried on buttered bread sandwich
french fried on buttered bread sandwich
Full A–Z entry →chippyfish and chips place
fish and chips place
chuckfood
food
Full A–Z entry →chucky eggsoft boiled egg, mashed, with butter
soft boiled egg, mashed, with butter
Full A–Z entry →cob a chuckbread
bread
cokescocoa rooms
cocoa rooms
conny-onnycondensed milk
condensed milk
Full A–Z entry →corpy hair oiltap water
tap water
Full A–Z entry →corned dogcorned beef
corned beef
cottage pieshepherd's pie(approximately)
shepherd's pie(approximately)
Full A–Z entry →cow juicemilk
milk
cup of evertoncoffee
coffee
curdlemon cheese
lemon cheese
Full A–Z entry →depth chargesoysters
oysters
Full A–Z entry →dip buttybread in bacon fat
bread in bacon fat
dog buttycorned beef sandwich
corned beef sandwich
dogcorned beef
corned beef
Full A–Z entry →dolly mixtureassorted variety of children's sweets
assorted variety of children's sweets
doorstep sandwichone made with a long loaf of bread
one made with a long loaf of bread
Full A–Z entry →doorstoppera large piece of bread
a large piece of bread
Full A–Z entry →dry buttyslice of plain, uncoated bread
slice of plain, uncoated bread
erbymineral water shop
mineral water shop
faggotsmeat balls
meat balls
Full A–Z entry →finny-addylightly smoked haddock
lightly smoked haddock
flies symmetry(cemetery)eccles cake
eccles cake
flukeflounder like fish, related to plaice
flounder like fish, related to plaice
fly pieseccles cake
eccles cake
Full A–Z entry →funeral sugara lump or cube, filched from a pub
a lump or cube, filched from a pub
Full A–Z entry →gerk buttyslice of plain, uncoated bread
slice of plain, uncoated bread
gip butty(gippo)bread and gravy
bread and gravy
gippogravy
gravy
Full A–Z entry →hen fruiteggs
eggs
Full A–Z entry →jam buttyjam sandwich
jam sandwich
jam rolly pollya school treat
a school treat
Full A–Z entry →jockeysfrench fried potatoes
french fried potatoes
Full A–Z entry →kewinssmall shellfish
small shellfish
last supperfish and chips
fish and chips
limpeta shelled mollusc
a shelled mollusc
Full A–Z entry →loblollyfood which bubbles on the stove
food which bubbles on the stove
Full A–Z entry →locustscarob beans
carob beans
lolly watercolored soft drink
colored soft drink
Full A–Z entry →lolly icefrozen flavored water on a stick
frozen flavored water on a stick
Full A–Z entry →loop de loopsoup
soup
marrowfat peasmushy peas
mushy peas
Full A–Z entry →moomilk
milk
Full A–Z entry →mug, toto treat
to treat
nudgersandwich made from a long roll
sandwich made from a long roll
Full A–Z entry →peawackpea soup, from cheap meat
pea soup, from cheap meat
pine chipsmeat pie and fried potatoes
meat pie and fried potatoes
Full A–Z entry →pilchardsmall sea fish, similar to herring
small sea fish, similar to herring
Full A–Z entry →pobsbread and hot milk
bread and hot milk
Full A–Z entry →Pontefract cakesteacakes
teacakes
potato scallopthick sliced potatoes in batter, deep fried
thick sliced potatoes in batter, deep fried
pozzyjam or preserve
jam or preserve
Full A–Z entry →Quinssmall shellfish
small shellfish
Full A–Z entry →Red Gurnetlarge spiney headed fish
large spiney headed fish
Full A–Z entry →rhubarb crumbletreat served at the school canteen
treat served at the school canteen
Full A–Z entry →rodey baconbacon with alternate layers of fat and lean
bacon with alternate layers of fat and lean
Full A–Z entry →salt fisha Sunday breakfast custom
a Sunday breakfast custom
sarneyssandwiches
sandwiches
savoury ducksmeatballs
meatballs
scallopspan fried, unbattered slices of pre-boiled potatoes
pan fried, unbattered slices of pre-boiled potatoes
scousestewed meat, vegetables, ship's biscuit
stewed meat, vegetables, ship's biscuit
scrag endinferior end of mutton or veal neck
inferior end of mutton or veal neck
sea-piescouse
scouse
shoe nutsoleo nuts
oleo nuts
snot piecowheel pie
cowheel pie
snot puddensago or tapioca pudding
sago or tapioca pudding
soady batchWelsh soda-bread
Welsh soda-bread
spiceballsmeatballs
meatballs
sterrysterilized milk
sterilized milk
sticklebackssmall, spiney finned fish
small, spiney finned fish
stickjawa glutinous toffee
a glutinous toffee
sticky licedried licorice roots
dried licorice roots
stiff moocondensed milk
condensed milk
tanrogansscallops
scallops
Full A–Z entry →tiger nutsEuropean sedge nuts
European sedge nuts
togobrown sugar
brown sugar
togyraw sugar cane
raw sugar cane
tramstopperlarge piece of bread
large piece of bread
Full A–Z entry →tripe buttycold tripe sandwich
cold tripe sandwich
vappyevaporated milk
evaporated milk
Full A–Z entry →wagon fatinferior margarine
inferior margarine
Full A–Z entry →Welsh-buttyonion sandwich
onion sandwich
Full A–Z entry →wet neller, wet nellyNelson cake
Nelson cake
wind instrumentsbeans, peas
beans, peas
Full A–Z entry →winkleperiwinkle, a type of edible sea snail
periwinkle, a type of edible sea snail
Full A–Z entry →SAYINGS (FOOD, ETC)
To a child complaining about being hungry: "go upstairs and eat the monkey."…
Or:" go upstairs and eat the dead monkey"
On thirst"I'm as dry as a witch's tit."
"I'm as dry as a witch's tit."
On hunger:
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"I'm so hungry I could eat a scabby donkey."…
Or: a flock bed well pee'd Or: a kid with scabby eyes Or: a chow's bum through a cane chair Or: the horse and chase the jockey Or: The Lamb of God Or: a scabby donkey (sometimes a scabby cat) Or: a Greek wrestler's jock strap Or: a child with the smallpox Or: the chop I cleaned the barbecue with Or: water cress soaked in vinegar Or: a dead dingo's donger (Australian) Or: a sweaty horse between two pissy mattresses Or: a sweaty horse between two pieces of bread or two dockers' doorsteps Or: a bloody corporation horse Or: a horse( or a cow) between two breadvans Or: a scabby pig without bread Or: a scabby headed Chinaman
Me belly thinks me froat's cutvery hungry
very hungry
he can half nosh: has a good appetite…
(Has a good appetite)
give us a squirt, wack…
(pass the vinegar bottle)
Muck in, yer at yer granny's, or:Eat up, your're at our ninnies.…
(bon appetit!)
Me mam once said, "your dinner once won at Aintree."
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Me mam once said that burgoo(porridge) will "put a skin on your belly like velvet."
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Me mam once said "If yer eat too much yell end up lookin like Nell Mooney"(obviously generic for a beached whale).
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You could eat your way through a jigger of shite
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It pulls me bonnet stringsit has a sour, astringent taste
it has a sour, astringent taste