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E: "Ecstasy," an illicit amphetamine-based drug often openly on sale, especially at raves
Source: LS4

E-bloody-nuff: more than enough
Source: LS2

Ear-basher: someone who talks too much
Source: LS2

Eartha Kitt (rhyming): faeces
The rhyming component should be obvious
Source: LS3

Earwigger: an eavesdropper
Source: Shaw II

earwigging (Somewun wuz earwiggin: someone was eavesdropping).
Source: LS1

easy peasy: something "cinchy" or not difficult
Source: SL

Easy six(dockers): Sunday work.
Source: LS1

Echo koshers: newsboys
Source: TMD

Eck-eck, ere's...Beware, here comes.. In Lancashire "eck" derived from "heck"  it was an evasive oath.
Source: LS1

Eden, dressed for(obsolete): naked
Source: A

Ee ay addio: victory chant at a football(soccer) game; it comes ultimately from the chant of a playground game, "The Farmer's in His Den."
Source: Shaw GS

Effing and blinding: swearing continuously, using the "ef" word and the intensifying "blind."
Source: LTB

Egg-bound: constipated. In Lancashire, this was thought to be the state of being constipated from eating too many eggs.
Source: LS2

Egg-shell blond: bald
Source: LS2

Eggy: agitated.
Source: LS1

Elastic Bands(rhyming): hands
Source: LS3

Elephant driver: insulting reference to a sub-continent Indian or a Pakistani or a wider range of Far Easterners
Source: SL

elly-mouf: football goal in North Lancashire. The name for it echoes the Hell Mouth of traditional morality plays
Source: GLD

emmy oggie, a: an empty house
Source: LS1

Endless belt: a prostitute. Cf. "belt" in the sense of to have sex with someone. However, "belter" is a term of approval, when used sexually.
Sources: LS2, Moloney

ennog: back alley. Some take ennog to mean side alley, however.
Sources: PM, SL

Entery, or olla: back alley, passageway.
Source: LS1

Entrance Fee( De entrance fee: the price of a half-a-pint of beer). Spiegl notes that this is the minimum sum of money required to gain entrance to a public house, in the hope that further drinks will be bought by others.
Source: LS1

Entwistle tart or Entwistle tottie: girl who emphasizes her long legs by wearing extremely high heels and a very short skirt. Entwistle was a high-rise public housing unit. Entwistle Heights(rhyming): tights
Sources: Moloney, LS4

Erby. De erby. The mineral water shop.
Source: LS1

Erny: an undertaker. Spiegl notes the word-play here on "urny."
Source: LS2

Everton, a cup of (rhyming): coffee
The rhyme is with Everton Toffee
Source: LS3

Evo, the: the Everton Palace movie theatre
Source: SL

excess: short for "drunk" in police messages
Source: LS4

Eyes:" Is eyes is like pee-holes in snow": he has small, deep-set eyes.
Source: LS1

eyties: a reference to Italians. Some find the term offensive.
Source: SL


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