Pork Pies (also porkies)

Lies (Cockney rhyming slang)

The judge said my defence was nothing but a load of porkies and sent me down for seven.

by Bill Cranny December 17, 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 17, 2003

bovver boots

high-laced boots favoured by skinheads and other undesirables

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

by Bill Cranny December 17, 2003

Brahms and Liszt (Brahms)

cockney rhyming slang = pissed, intoxicated

two drinks and he was totally Brahms

by Bill Cranny December 17, 2003

SKY

sky rocket: cockney rhyming slang = pocket

I nicked the dosh, slipped it in me sky and had it away on me toes = I stole the money, slipped it in my pocket and ran away

by Bill Cranny December 17, 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 17, 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 17, 2003