That means “stairs”. - I read that in a book somewhere.
But in the place I am working now, there are real, live Londoners, who have real London slang. Here is a brief selection of what I have gleaned so far:
“pony” - derived from “pony and trap”, i.e. crap.
“burgered” - broken, ruined… probably derived from buggered
“oily rag” - cigarette, as in fag
“have a butcher” - take a look; provenance unknown, but definite suspicion of rhymology
“pants” - again, crap; provenance unknown
“pete tong” - wrong (PT is a popular English DJ)
“wot you chat’n bout?” - what do you mean, anyway?
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“have a butcher” - take a look; provenance unknown, but definite suspicion of rhymology
Posted 09 Feb 2007 at 10:45 am ¶Dad (a Pom) always calls it a “butcher’s hook”
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