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16. Quiz Answers

Answers to the Holtby Trader Vernacular Quiz

  1. Up the apples and pears             up the stairs
  2. Would you Adam and Eve it?      believe it
  3. Pass the Army                             gravy
  4. What knobbly biscuits!                 knees
  5. Take a butcher’s at this                a look
  6. You’re talking cobblers                 balls
  7. Use your crust                              head
  8. Stick that up your Khyber            (pass)
  9. What beautiful minces                 eyes
  10. Don’t rabbit on so                         talk
  11. I can smell raspberry                   (tart)
  12. Scarpa! The police are coming    go!
  13. The trouble and strife is out         wife
  14. I’ve had my Barnet cut                 hair
  15. I’m ironing my Uncle Bert             shirt
  16. She has a lovely pair of bacons   legs
  17. Hand over the bees                      money
  18. We had a bull and cow about it    row
  19. Pooh, it pens a bit in here            stinks
  20. I live near my baker’s dozen        cousin
  21. She’s a bit daffy                           silly

Tie break: Why Bow Bells?
Cockneys are born within the range of their sound.

 

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