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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
please PLEASE tell us what the cockney rhyming slang definition is !!! also, what's the yorkshire definition ? while you're at it...  |
In our pre-decimal coinage days we had a coin worth three old pennies (1.5 new pence in modern money).
It was called a threepenny bit.
The cockney rhyming slang phrase 'threepeeny bits' was a (usually complimentary) reference to a woman's front upper torso.
A colloquialism I like is one used to describe having mixed emotions - it's like watching your car being driven off a cliff by your mother-in-law. (A mixture of sadness and joy.)