"A cupper tea and a long sit-down." In other words, it is cold today.
Source: LS1
a fortnight on the panel: a stay in the hospital, presumably as the
result of a threatened beating, and on the indigent list, because this
victim will not be able to pay.
Source: SL
A good couple: many, quite a few
Source: Shaw II
a right we: wet behind the ears, a learner
Source: GTHL
Abadabba: incomprehensible language
I could'n' make 'ead ne tail o' that feller, 'e guv me a lotter of
abbadabba
Source: LS2
Abbatoyer: slaughter house
Source: Shaw ST
Abbo(Australian): aborigine
Source: SL
ABH: actual bodily harm, but less serious than GBH, grievous bodily
harm.
Source: LS4
Abnabs: sandwiches.
Source: LS1
abseil, to: to climb down from a scaled height
Source: ATHIA
accumulator: a bet (or bettor) who carried the winnings from one event
to the next one
Sources: SL, OED
Ackers: money
Source: LS2
Ackins Ay: Hackins Hey, a small lane in Liverpool.
Source: LS1
ackney carriage: facetious archaism for taxi
Source: LS1
across the park: the place where the rival football team resides
Source: GTH
Addy: address
Source: SL
afters: dessert food
Source: SL
aggro, a slice of, to be: to be a source of annoyance.
Sources: JML, ODS
Aintree Iron: viewed from above, this famous race course outside Liverpool
looks to be shaped like a flat iron
Source: SL
Airyated: agitated.
Source: LS1
Alaira: a children's skipping game based upon the recital of "one, two,
three, alaira!"
Source: LS2
ale, out on the: in the pubs, carousing
Source: SL
alehouse mad: an incurable lush
Source: LWAT
alehouse team: usually a dismissive remark about a rival professional
football club. The implication is that the other team's play is amateurish
or of "pick up" quality.
Source: GTH
ale speck: place where a person can get a beer. Police officers may
use the speck to covertly observe behavior on the outside.
Source: SI
Alf a bar. Ten shillings, or fifty pence..
Source: LS1
Ali (or Alley): a barber. Derived from Ali Baba.
Source: LS2
All-in wrestler: a person who boasts of his sexual prowess. It can also
refer to a physically overwhelming person, and need not carry any implications
about sexual powers.
Sources: LS2, SI
alley: a white stone marble, probably from alabaster
Alley apples: stones, rocks. We wuz chuckin alley-apples: We were throwing
stones.
Source: LS1
Alley-Band: A children's band composed of performers on folded privet-leaves(toilet
paper), hair-combs and biscuit tins. Cf. "Foo-Foo Band" on this list.
Source: LS2
all of a ruck(obsolete): this is said or things and situations which
come in an indistinguishable mob
Source: LLMI
Anfield: district in Liverpool where the beloved and famous football
ground is located
Source: GTH
angel mask, a: the caul over a newborn child, which was taken to mean
that it would never want.
Source: ATHIA
anorak: an obsessive, a dweeb, a manic hobbyist, for instance a train-spotter
Source: ODS
Annual Whit Walks(obsolete): Pentecost strollings resembling the Easter
Parade in American cities
Source: MEM
Ant, de ant. My aunt.
Source: LS1
antwacky: usually refers to some article of clothing which is old-fashioned
Source: SL
Anyroad: in any case
Source: LS2
Anytime Annie: a prostitute
Source: LS2
Apeth(sometimes spelled aputh or awpoth or apud or apporth): a pet name
for a silly person. The word is a remnant of "haepennyworth," as
used to suggest that someone is worthless or not up to much.
Sources: SL, DS
apples and pears(rhyming): stairs
Source: GHTL
Apple tart, to(rhyming): to break wind
The rhyming component should be obvious
Source: LS1
April Noddy: the Lancashire and Liverpool term for April Fool
Source: Shaw III
Arabian Night(rhyming): faeces
The rhyming component being shite
Source: LS3
Ardclock! Impudent fellow! Clock means face
Source: LS1
Ardfaced get! Impudent fellow!
Source: LS1
Ardy Alligan: an old-timer.
Source: LS1
are baby: an older brother, sometimes a parent or someone else, who
is able to enact vengeance in a set-to. More frequently, the term used
is "are kid," although the latter phrase occasionally refers to a
younger child.
Source: LS4
Are kid: my (usually) older brother. In some cases, it refers to a younger
brother
Source: Shaw ST
area, the: usually refers to the penalty area during a football match
Source: GTH
arey(from "area"): an opening in front or back of a building
Source: SL
Argify, or argy: to argue
Source: LS2
Argy-bargy: a silly dispute; a quarrel
Source: LS2
arrers: darts. An arrow or arrer bar would be a pub featuring
dart throwing.
Sources: JML, LS1, SL
artificial silk: a barrister MP. All members of Parliament who happen
to have passed their Bar Examination are automatically given the courtesy
title of Queen's or King's counsel. Working barristers do not consider
them real "silks."
Source: LS4
Assosh: short for "in association"; prison slang for watching television
Source: LS4
asthma cigarettes: cigarettes containing marijuana, sold legally until
1936
Source: SL
at it again, to be: to be drinking heavily again
Source: LS2
Atlas: sardonic name given to an undersized, weedy individual. The allusion
is most likely to the Charles Atlas body building advertisements.
Source: LS2
attack one's mattress, to: to go to sleep
Source: SL
Aunt Sally: strong liquid soap, for, for cleaning just about anything
from socks to bulkheads. Aunt Sally is also one of the names for the coconut
shys often found at fairs.
Source: SL
Auntie Beeb: customary short name for the venerable BBC.
According to Partridge, sometimes just "Auntie" would be sufficient.
Source: DS
Auntie Muriel: any kind of female boss
Source: LS2
Aussie whites(or ozzie whites):the very popular and comparatively inexpensive
Australian White Mountain wines
Source: SI
Ave yer gorrany...? Have you got any...?
Source: LS1
Avvy. Thisavvy; isavvy. This afternoon
Sources: LS1, LS2
away goals rule: football goals scored away from home may count for
more than the ones scored at home, when each team plays the other at home
and the final score is an aggregate of the two matches.
Source: GTH
Away, to be or to have been: another way of saying doing or having done
time in prison
Source: SL
Away for slates: a hurried exit
Source: Shaw III
Ay-ay: I say!
Source: LS1