
These usages are arranged alphabetically, all having something to
do with the theme of "the professions." For fuller information about
each usage, see the main list. There are twenty-six files there.
Just click on to the appropriate letter.
Ali, or Alley: barber
bailiff: debt collector
barrer girl: handcart girl
beak, the: judge
binnie: trash collector
bizzies: police
blockerman: foreman
booze jerk (or booze jerker): bartender
bottler: the one who passes the hat after a street performance
boxer: coffin maker
brown job, a: soldier(RAF, RN)
busys: police
can lad: makes tea for workers
clubman: bill collector
coggy (or cokey) watchman: night watchman
cowboys: fly-by-night tradesmen
cuzzies: customs officers
dee: detective
dicky-docker: rabbi
dock walloper: dock worker
Echo koshers: newsboys
fang farrier: dentist
filth: the police
firebobby: fireman
gaffer: honcho, boss, paterfamilias, etc.
gerund grinder: English teacher
gom: policeman
Jack: detective
jangler-wrangler: piano player
judy-scuffer: woman police constable
knocker: door to door salesman
lecky man: electric meter reader
lollipop man: children's crossing guard
milk feller: milk man
mingees: police
molar mauler: dentist
muckman: refuse collector
muskers: police
night-man: social worker who makes unannounced night inspections
Old Bill: police
Paddy Kelly: dock police officer
piss prophet: physician
plainees: plainclothes detectives
pongo: a soldier or a marine
queer fella: policeman
ragman: junkman
rentfeller: rent collector
Rozzer: policeman
sanny: sanitary inspector
Saytn 'imself: the rent collector
screw: prison officer
scuffer: policeman
shellback: sailor
shifter: removal man
sin shifter: priest rabbi, parson
slop: police constable
sparks: electrician
sweeny: barber
tallyman: collector of installment payments
tatter: rag collector
ticker quack: cardiologist
Wicked, the: the police
winger: ship's steward
yard dog: customs officer