Bill Cranny's definitions

bovver boy

cockney pron. for bother boy; a skinhead or other thuggish anti-social no-brain

This gang of bovver boys crashed the party and wrecked the place.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

wind-up

to tease, usually with some malice

He said he's meet her at 7 o'clock, but after she'd been standing in the rain for an hour she realised it was a wind-up

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

Stand on me!

Believe me!

Stand on me! Would I tell you a lie?

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

sent down

to be committed to prison

The judge said that in view of my past record he was going to send me down for a seven stretch.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

wind-up merchant

a teaser, especially of gullible people

He's a real wind-up merchant, to him every day is April Fool's Day.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

drop kick (Australian slang)

a simpleton, a loser

That bloke's so slow he couldn't catch a cold. A total drop kick

by bill cranny December 16, 2003

minder

a muscle brain who defends/protects a criminal or shady operator from other criminals/shady operators and also does his employer's dirty work in general.

Smooth Arthur was defenceless when his minder got banged up for dishing out a little too much GBH.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003