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Definitions by Patrick Spence-Thomas

Hat
Cockney rhyming slang: "Tit for tat:
Titfer hat
He doffed his titfer to his old trouble
See trouble
Wife
Cockney rhyming slang
Trouble and strife....Wife
He hated the look of his trouble wearing her new titfer
See titfer
As in travel from and to India and England
Because of the position of the day sun the best cabins were always "Port (side) Out, Starbord (side) Home"
POSH
English Policeman
Named after Sir Robert Peel, founder of the first modern police force in England. Otherwise known as "Peeler"
If you want th know the time ask a BOBBY