BRITISH SLANG: MEANING
A
(A suspect’s) Brief: Lawyer
Autumn: Fall
B
Bike: Woman of Loose Morals
Bollocking: Stern reprimand
Born the wrong side of the blanket: Illegitimate child
Brief: A suspect’s lawyer
Bright spark: Clever person
Builder’s bum: Bottom cleavage
Buttie: Sandwich
By-blow: Illegitimate child
C
Chippie: Carpenter / Fish and Chip Shop / A person inclined to be snappish (Chippy)
Come clean: Tell the truth
Coughed for: Admitted to crimes
Cracking up: Having a nervous breakdown
Cup of builder’s: Strong tea
Cup of Rosie Lee (Cockney Rhyming Slang): Tea
D
Divvy up: Share out
Do a (moonlight) flit: Disappear suspiciously suddenly
Dodgy: Illegal
Dodgy person: A person of suspect morals (in a legal sense)
Do/Doing a Bunk: Disappear (usually b
