
These usages are arranged alphabetically, all having something to
do with the theme of "violence and physical aggression." For fuller
information about each usage, see the main list. There are twenty-six
files there. Just click on to the appropriate letter.
do somebody up, to: to cause serious physical harm
Fanny Adams: tinned mutton named for a child gruesomely murdered and dismembered
(h)ooley: a fight, or a riot
Kirkby kiss: head-butting the face
knucks: brass or steel knuckles
lamp someone, to: to "brain" someone
leather a child, to: to beat with a strap
lumber, a: a brawl
mess up 'is wedd'in': to kick someone in the groin
mess up 'is moosh: a broken glass shoved in the face
Nutmeggin': head-butting the face
play tic with someone: not the children's game; this is a reference to severe physical assault
put ther boot in: kicking a fallen opponent
put in the nut, to( or puttn'de hed in): to head-butt
put ther thumbs in: eye-gouging
shindy: fight
Size 13 interrogation technique: involving the use of boots
soap wrapper: scrapper
steaming: gang mugging of a victim or an establishment
take a round out of someone, to: to fight, often in a family brawl
Timpson, to give someone the: to kick someone
to chin someone: to hit someone on the chin
SAYINGS (VIOLENCE)
Ey scone `ead, if yer don't shurrup I'll cut yer gob off an' throw it in yer face!
Belt yer teeth so far down yer gob, that ye'll hafter eat yer Sundee dinner through yer `Ace'
I know the first reaction is to want to have the person wake up with a crowd around them.
Try anything, mate and we'll have yer guts for garters.
Little Lord Fauntleroy, if intelligence was electricity, you wouldn't have enough power to light the light in a lightning bug's arse, and if you don't believe me, go ask mommy and daddy.
I belted 'im wit' me clonkers(clogs)
Achindim: I hit him in the chin
Aplantum: I decked him
to polish someone's fender off: to hit them in the face( the reference is to the parlor fenders of earlier times)
dead ringer for your sister, to be: condition after being knocked hard on the head with something