SPRASI ANNA means: Sprasi Anna was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a sixpence (tanner).
SPRASI ANNA means: Sprasi Anna was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a sixpence (tanner).
SPRASI ANNA means: Sprasi Anna was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a sixpence (tanner).
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Tester (n.): An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.
Cockney (n.): A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously.
Mill-sixpence (n.): A milled sixpence; -- the sixpence being one of the first English coins milled (1561).
Slangy (a.): Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang.
Slang (v. t.): To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
Slang-whanger (n.): One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan.
Slang (n.): Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.
Flat-cap (n.): A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London.
Tanner (n.): One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
Kali (n.): The black, destroying goddess; -- called also Doorga, Anna Purna.
Anna (n.): An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents.
Rhyming (p. pr. & vb. n.): of Rhyme
Triplet (n.): Three verses rhyming together.
Cockneys (pl. ): of Cockney
Cokenay (n.): A cockney.
Cockney (a.): Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
Bender (n.): A sixpence.
Sixpences (pl. ): of Sixpence
Quatrain (n.): A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately.
Testern (n.): A sixpence; a tester.
Teston (n.): A tester; a sixpence.
Rhymery (n.): The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt.
Cockneyfy (v. t.): To form with the manners or character of a cockney.
Cockney (n.): An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
Cockneyism (n.): The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.
Chime (n.): To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
Bowbell (n.): One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney.
Testone (n.): A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents.
Sixpence (n.): An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.
Owser (n.): Tanner's ooze. See Ooze, 3.
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SPRASI ANNA means: Sprasi Anna was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a sixpence (tanner).
SUSIE ANNA means: Susie Anna was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a sixpence (tanner).
ANNA MAY means: Anna May (shortened from Anna May Wong) is London Cockney rhyming slang for a bad odour(pong).
simon means: sixpence (6d). The sixpenny piece used to be known long ago as a 'simon', possibly (ack L Bamford) through reference to the 17th century engraver at the Royal Mint, Thomas Simon. There has been speculation among etymologists that 'simon' meaning sixpence derives from an old play on words which represented biblical text that St Peter "...lodged with Simon a tanner.." as a description of a banking transaction, although Partridge's esteemed dictionary refutes this, at the same time conceding that the slang 'tanner' for sixpence might have developed or been reinforced by the old joke. See 'tanner' below.
tanner means: sixpence (6d). The slang word 'tanner' meaning sixpence dates from the early 1800s and is derived most probably from Romany gypsy 'tawno' meaning small one, and Italian 'danaro' meaning small change. The 'tanner' slang was later reinforced (Ack L Bamford) via jocular reference to a biblical extract about St Peter lodging with Simon, a tanner (of hides). The biblical text (from Acts chapter 10 verse 6) is: "He (Peter) lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side..", which was construed by jokers as banking transaction instead of a reference to overnight accommodation. Nick Ratnieks suggests the tanner was named after a Master of the Mint of that name. A further suggestion (ack S Kopec) refers to sixpence being connected with pricing in the leather trade. An obscure point of nostalgic trivia about the tanner is apparently (thanks J Veitch) a rhyme, from around the mid-1900s, sung to the tune of Rule Britannia: "Rule Brittania, two tanners make a bob, three make eighteen pence and four two bob…" My limited research suggests this rhyme was not from London.
TARTAN BANNER means: Tartan banner was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a sixpence (tanner).
ENGINEER'S SPANNER means: Engineer's spanner was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a sixpence (tanner).
GODDESS DIANA means: Goddess Diana was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a sixpence (tanner).
Sprarsy Anna means: Tanner (sixpence). Lend us a sprarsy - I wanna get some toe-rags (cigarettes)
ANNA MAY WONG means: Anna May Wong is London Cockney rhyming slang for a bad odour (pong).
ANNA MARIA means: Anna Maria is London cockney rhyming slang for fire.
ELSIE TANNER means: Elsie Tanner is London Cockney rhyming slang for a spanner.
TANNER means: Tanner was old British slang for a sixpence.
kick means: sixpence (6d), from the early 1700s, derived purely from the lose rhyming with six (not cockney rhyming slang), extending to and possible preceded and prompted by the slang expression 'two and a kick' meaning half a crown, i.e., two shillings and sixpence, commonly expressed as 'two and six', which is a more understandable association.
IN AND OUT means: In and out is British slang for sexual intercourse.In and out is London Cockney rhyming slang for snout.In and out is London Cockney rhyming slang for spout.In and out is London Cockney rhyming slang for sprout.In and out is London Cockney rhyming slang for stout.In and out is London Cockney rhyming slang for tout.
Tartan Banner means: Tanner (Sixpence)
Lord Of The Manor means: Tanner (Sixpence)
LORD OF THE MANOR means: Lord of the manor was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a six pence (tanner).
joey means: much debate about this: According to my information (1894 Brewer, and the modern Cassell's, Oxford, Morton, and various other sources) Joey was originally, from 1835 or 1836 a silver fourpenny piece called a groat (Brewer is firm about this), and this meaning subsequently transferred to the silver threepenny piece (Cassell's, Oxford, and Morton). I'm convinced these were the principal and most common usages of the Joey coin slang. Cassell's says Joey was also used for the brass-nickel threepenny bit, which was introduced in 1937, although as a child in South London the 1960s I cannot remember the threepenny bit ever being called a Joey, and neither can my Mum or Dad, who both say a Joey in London was a silver threepence and nothing else (although they'd be too young to remember groats...). I'm informed however (ack Stuart Taylor, Dec 2006) that Joey was indeed slang for the brass-nickel threepenny bit among children of the Worcester area in the period up to decimalisation in 1971, so as ever, slang is subject to regional variation. I personally feel (and think I recall) there was some transference of the Joey slang to the sixpence (tanner) some time after the silver threepenny coin changed to the brass threepenny bit (which was during the 1930-40s), and this would have been understandable because the silver sixpence was similar to the silver threepence, albeit slightly larger. There is also a view that Joey transferred from the threepenny bit to the sixpence when the latter became a more usual minimum fare in London taxi-cabs. So although the fourpenny groat and the silver threepenny coin arguably lay the major claim to the Joey title, usage also seems to have extended to later coins, notably the silver sixpence (tanner) and the brass-nickel threepenny bit. The Joey slang word seems reasonably certainly to have been named after the politician Joseph Hume (1777-1855), who advocated successfully that the fourpenny groat be reintroduced, which it was in 1835 or 1836, chiefly to foil London cab drivers (horse driven ones in those days) in their practice of pretending not to have change, with the intention of extorting a bigger tip, particularly when given two shillings for a two-mile fare, which at the time cost one shilling and eight-pence. The re-introduction of the groat thus enabled many customers to pay the exact fare, and so the cab drivers used the term Joey as a derisory reference for the fourpenny groats.
BUBBLE AND SQUEAK means: Bubble and squeak is London Cockney rhyming slang for beak (a magistrate). Bubble and squeak is London Cockney rhyming slang for a Greek.Bubble and squeak is London Cockney rhyming slang for speak. Bubble and squeak is London Cockney rhyming slang for weak. Bubble and squeak is London Cockney rhyming slang for a week.Bubble and squeak is London Cockney rhyming slang for to urinate (leak).
Tester means: An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.
Cockney means: A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously.
Mill-sixpence means: A milled sixpence; -- the sixpence being one of the first English coins milled (1561).
Slangy means: Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang.
Slang means: To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
Slang-whanger means: One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan.
Slang means: Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.
Flat-cap means: A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London.
Tanner means: One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
Kali means: The black, destroying goddess; -- called also Doorga, Anna Purna.
Anna means: An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents.
Rhyming means: of Rhyme
Triplet means: Three verses rhyming together.
Cockneys means: of Cockney
Cokenay means: A cockney.
Abstract means: To perform the process of abstraction.
Cannonade means: Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
Cram means: To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study.
Ney means: Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net.
Sublime means: To pass off in vapor, with immediate condensation; specifically, to evaporate or volatilize from the solid state without apparent melting; -- said of those substances, like arsenic, benzoic acid, etc., which do not exhibit a liquid form on heating, except under increased pressure.
BELCH means: Belch was old slang for second−rate beer. Belch is American slang for a noisy complaint.
ROPEY means: Ropey is slang for suspicious or of poor quality.
smelly-bridge means: Noun. The perineum. From the area bridging one smelly place to another (the genitals to the anus).
Bamboozle means: To deceive, impose upon, confound. "After Nick had bamboozled about the money, he was arrested.”
Steel means: Spurs.
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