Clothes, something that is removed when someone gets their kit off. Originally Kittel, a white cotton or linen robe worn by orthodox Jews on certain holy days (also used as a shroud), overall, smock. Yiddish from MHG ultimately from Arabic source, cogn. with ‘cotton’
by klidenengro January 30, 2004
well rehearsed patter of salesperson or advocate of particular cause (1896), to gamble (1882), to play music (1870) also Spieler meaning a gambling club
don't give me that spiel
by klidenengro January 30, 2004
by klidenengro January 30, 2004
happiness, in good order. Romany word used by super-chav Jamie Oliver. Kushtipen was once the English Romany word for 'happiness' from a Persian word meaning 'happiness'
everything's kushti
by klidenengro January 30, 2004
Also gesumph or gesumpf, said to have come into the British property business from the second-hand car trade in the 1970s. originally means to swindle, cheat or steal, now means to outbid (peculiar to the English and Welsh housing market). Ultimately derived from a German word meaning to put into a swamp or, in the modern idiom, to dump in the shit. first recorded in English in 1928
the bastards gazumped me
by klidenengro January 30, 2004
oi, mush!
by klidenengro January 30, 2004
Friend. Urdu from Persian. wide range of meaning and usage from 'someone whom you have just met' to 'beloved'. Commonly heard 'arre yar' which is a term either of contradiction like 'come off it' or of surprise like 'fuck me'.
by klidenengro February 03, 2004