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Anyone know this one?

Jean - it's basically the same as ''the whole nine-yards'' ......... 'dressed to the nines' originally meant a full suit of clothes; which took approx' nine yards of material. A sign of affluence etc.
 
I guess we would have been called dressed up to the three's second hand. Thanks John for that. Jean.
 
A couple I can throw in: "the back of beyond" and "face like fourpence" !!! Don't know where these came from but my mum used them a lot. Viv.
 
I can remember my mom saying of someone, If his brains were made of dynamite, he wouldnt have enough to blow his cap off.
 
For some reason I remember "Pig in a Poke" but have no idea what it means and when it was used. A wild guess is maybe it's someting to do with a small place ? Viv.
 
A poke is a sack or bag. Used in the context'do not buy a pig in a poke',It means don't buy anything without seeing it first.
 
I don,t know if this was made up when i was a kid or not... Gob a rock face ... Or if you weren,t bothered ..i couldn,t care a kippers dick. My mom used to say the both.

another one i use is i couldnt give a monkeys uncle as well as your saying there i couldnt care a kippers dick showing not to be bothered god only knows where these strange sayings originate from
 
Lloyd I often wondered if Gracie was related to Lisa Stansfield as she too had a great voice and was born in Rochdale. I remember it as fanny Fanackerpan if you were all 'dolled up'.
 
Lloyd I often wondered if Gracie was related to Lisa Stansfield as she too had a great voice and was born in Rochdale. I remember it as fanny Fanackerpan if you were all 'dolled up'.

According to the "Rockin Rochdale" website (!)
"Lisa Stansfield - True of False? Lisa is related to Gracie Fields whose real name was Grace Stansfield. False. Lisa and Gracie are not related, but Lisa does own a studio called "Gracielands".
 
hi guys
when i was a little whipper snapper growing up and when i used to asked my mother
where is dad ; her replie was gone to meet fanny by gas light; and then she used to say in the next breath
down the pub ; with is fluesies [ the golden cross ] they are right old brarmers ;
and then its her down the out door on rocky lane ;
have a nice day every body best wishes astonion ;;
 
Any obnoxious person my dad would call a varmant or varment. Can anyone spell it correctly please. Jean.
 
Any obnoxious person my dad would call a varmant or varment. Can anyone spell it correctly please. Jean.

There you are Jean


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varment - any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyotevarmint
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
 
Jean i don,t remember varment but varlet is an old english word meaning knave. Dek Just seen Alfs post thanks Alf
 
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