devil's teeth
Dice used for gambling.
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Expressions you’ll hear in Britain and Ireland — distinctly British usage first, then widespread staples.
Dickey Sam
A Liverpudlian.
dine out
To have dinner away from one's house, usually at a restaurant.
dog in a blanket
Synonym of roly-poly (“a kind of steamed pudding”).
dog's body
Pease pudding.
double up
To double the quantity, amount or duration of something
drive at
To mean, signify; to get at, to aim or tend to a point.
drop down
To sail, move, or row down a coast, or down a river to the sea.
Drury Lane vestal
A prostitute.
dry nurse
An inferior officer who carries on the duty on board ship, due to the captain's ignorance of seamanship.
Dutch concert
A performance in which all the musicians play different songs at the same time.
Dutch courage
Bravery induced by drinking alcohol.
Earl of Cork
The ace of diamonds.
essex lion
A calf (young cow or bull).
fancy man
Synonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”).
fiddler's money
small change
field-lane duck
A baked sheep's head.
five fingers
The five of trumps in the game of Don Pedro.
flare up
To burn brightly again.
flemish account
A tangled and unsatisfactory account or reckoning.
fork out
To pay out, to hand over.
forty winks
A short sleep or nap.
fox's paw
A mistake; a blunder.
gander month
One of the later months of a pregnancy, when the pregnant woman cannot engage in sexual intercourse and her partner might be expected to seek it elsewhere.
give it mouth
Speak loudly; speak up.
glasgow magistrate
A salted herring.
go along
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, along.
go the whole pile
To stake all of one's money on a single outcome.
good people
A good person.
gooseberry wig
A large, frizzled wig.
gospel grinder
A missionary, or distributor of religious tracts.
gourock ham
A salted herring.
greenwich goose
A Greenwich pensioner.
grist to the mill
Something used to an advantage.
Grove of the Evangelist
The district of St John's Wood in London, England.
grub and bub
Food and drink of any kind.
grubbing ken
A place where food may be procured; a workhouse or cookshop.
haberdasher of pronouns
schoolmaster
hangman's wages
The sum of thirteenpence halfpenny.
hard lines
Expressed to someone suffering misfortune.
heavy wet
A drink of strong ale and porter mixed together.
Holy Joe
A minister, chaplain, priest or preacher.
Holy Land
The Seven Dials area of London, England.
Hookey Walker
Expressing scornful rejection or disbelief.
hop merchant
A teacher of dancing.
hop the twig
Synonym of run away, (originally) especially from creditors.
horse marine
An awkward, lubberly person.
House of Commons
An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
how much
you what? huh?
husband's tea
Very weak (dilute) tea.
husbands' boat
The Saturday-afternoon packet boat from London to Margate during the summer season.
Irish cockney
A person born of Irish parents in any part of the southern counties of England.
Isthmus of Suez
The covered bridge at St. John's College, Cambridge, that connects the college with its grounds on the other side of the river.
Jack whore
A female prostitute with a large build or masculine characteristics.
Jemmy Ducks
A man employed on a ship to look after the poultry.
Jerry Lynch
A pickled pig's head.
Jerry Sneak
A henpecked husband.
Jew bail
Synonym of straw bail.
John Blunt
A straightforward, honest, outspoken man.
Johnny Raw
A beginner or newcomer; an inexperienced person.