Old Age

 

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These usages are arranged alphabetically, all having to do with the theme of "old age, death, etc."  For fuller information about each usage, see the main list.  There are twenty-six files there. Just click on to the appropriate letter.

biddy:  scruffy elderly woman

boxed:  buried, or in a coffin

boxer:  coffin maker

chook:  elderly woman

coffin dodger: an elderly person

cork it, to(sometimes cark it): to die

De Anfield Bone Orchard: Anfield cemetery

erny: undertaker

Moses:  a garrulous old man

moaning minnie: a garrulous old lady

older than dirt

passin'-out parade:  assembly of relatives for the dying or dead

Rose of Tralee: old, slovenly woman

tabbie:  very vulnerable elderly person

twirlies: elderly pensioners with bus passes
 
 

SAYINGS (OLD AGE)


 


'e's 'ad 'is last fart: he is now diseased.

They buried 'im with 'am: a fine wake and funeral

knees up, Mother Brown: a high-spirited jibe at elderly women who have had a couple.

I'm doin' a message fer an owd doll: running an errand for an old lady

ee's on an ergent note: on the critical list

(h)ere's 'is 'ed 'is arse is cummin: stooped over, or hunch-backed

goes up wit' ther bloody blind: barely any weight to him at all

'e's playin'wit' 'is 'ummer(child's toy): gone senile

the first time I ever felt a goose walk over my grave: eerie premonition

He died in his sleep, and doesn't know he's dead yet.  Jeez, if he wakes up in the morning, the shock'll kill him.