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Where have all those words and expressions gone ?

daisy1 said:
In winter as a child I was made to wear a liberty bodice with rubber buttons and suspenders.
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Shudder! I was just about to add another horror, but then remembered I'm in mixed company. But on another tack, I remember knickers that had a POCKET for my 'hanky' and even at 4 years old I was mystified how anyone could design such a garment. When, on the Other Side, I find that person ......!
 
daisy1 said:
I meant the 12 sided copper (yellow) coin but I was also thinking of the silver one. I also remember the half-a-crown and the ten bob note! I even have a wartime 5/- note saved by my Father. 6d too.
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That would be a threepenny bit (the twelve sided one)
 
One lump or two?
 
Would you like me to check your oil sir?
 
Pint of bitter that will be one and ninepence thank you.
 
Busy gassing (talking) USA phrase .
 

Fair suck of the sauce bottle, Mate!
 
Nine out of ten mums can't tell the difference between Stork and butter.

Remember those adds in the sixties?
Either these women had had their taste buds surgically removed or someone was telling whoppers .....
 
Anybody ever heard the phrase "pugging something up"? meaning to hide something. My mum used to use it if she couldn't find a certain item in the house. After looking for whatever it was she couldn't find she would say, "someone has pugged that up"
 
Red shoes and no knickers.

When I started work I occasionally wore red shoes, a man in the office always used to ask me "and are you?" I had no idea what he meant until someone told me he was enquiring about the status of my underwear
 
I heard fur coat and no knickers I think it was about ladies of ill repute !You don't hear that any more either !
CAROL
 
Navy-blue knickers for school. Tuck your skirt into them for doing handstands against the wall.
 
carty said:
I heard fur coat and no knickers I think it was about ladies of ill repute !You don't hear that any more either !
CAROL
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in my day all fur coat and no Knickers referred to appearing posh but actually a bit ...
 
"Three cars in the garage but nothing in the fridge".

A Midlands expression, denoting somebody who may not be as well-off as they like to appear - particularly used in relation to the inhabitants of the Birmingham suburb of Solihull (local in-joke )
 
Debtors retreat.
Flash house no money.
 
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