15 definitions by bill cranny

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

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

Banged Up

imprisoned (origin, UK)

Alfie got banged up for a five stretch.

by bill cranny December 17, 2003

brief

a lawyer

He refused to talk to the police until his brief arrived

by bill cranny December 17, 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 17, 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.

by bill cranny December 17, 2003