Definitions by Bill Cranny

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.

sent down by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

Brahms and Liszt (Brahms) 

cockney rhyming slang = pissed, intoxicated

two drinks and he was totally Brahms

Brahms and Liszt (Brahms) by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

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.

bovver boy by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

bovver boots 

high-laced boots favoured by skinheads and other undesirables

they put their bovver boots in and busted three of his ribs

bovver boots by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

Stand on me! 

Believe me!

Stand on me! Would I tell you a lie?

Stand on me! 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.

wind-up merchant 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

wind-up by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003