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Aberdeen 22, 64, 106, 152
active 125–6, 223, 226, 233
children 179, 231
addled 2, 89
aemette 73
agar 31
akka 1
alcohol 17, 52, 70, 186, 189, 193 see also beer
alleyways 23, 74, 88, 114, 126, 137, 197
andsome 95
angry 67, 177
ankle-biter 228
annoyed 68, 95
ansum 95
ant 73, 95
apples 2, 55, 96
April Fool 2–4, 79, 106, 135
armpit 159
arnary 5
arrers 211
asthmatic 212–3
attractive 76–7
Auld Hornie 48
Ayrshire 5
bab 7, 164
baba 148
babe 228
baby 7, 8, 227–8
backside 23, 32, 68
bad-tempered 4, 51, 53, 81, 134, 177, 206, 208
bagging 8, 214–15
ball-money 144
Baltic 152
bandy-kneed/legged 24–5
bandylan 9
bannicking 15
Bannockburn 29
bara brith 49
bara pyglyd 166
barm 11–12
Barnet 211
barra 12
barrels 163
barrier 166
bash 15
baste 15
bat-footed 62
batch 49
batchy 89
Bath 52
batty 89
bauch 115
bauson 13
bazza 43
beating 14–16, 30, 207, 219
Bedfordshire 18, 99, 130
bedlam-feet 62
beer 12, 17, 46, 52, 65, 70, 97, 177, 184–5, 198
beezer 24
Behan, Brendan 57
belch 233
bellows 209
bellowsed 18, 115
berk 211
Berkshire 2, 29, 34–5, 62–3, 77, 89, 91, 93, 99, 109, 115, 126, 130, 148, 162, 170, 179, 215
bevvied 70
bide 102, 185
biggin 149
Birkenhead 39, 131
Birmingham 13, 31, 44, 164–5
biting on 215
bitter 152
Black Country 24, 145, 164–5 see also Midlands
bladder 84
bladdered 70
blaster 84
blather 18
blathered 70
blatherskite 34
blibe 84
blind scouse 127
blister 18–9, 84
blitzed 70
blotto 70
blowhard 177
blunt 78, 144
blush 19, 84
boaked 23
boke 21
bold 85
bollocks 20
bombed 70
bon 77
boocoo 21
bootle buck 39
booty 32
bor 112–13
bostin 24, 77
bother 75
bothersome 179, 223
bottle 211
bottle-khanna 105
bourach 23
bourne 29
bow-legged 24–5
bowl-egged Sunday 161
boxty 49
braggart 177
brass monkey weather 152–3
braw 77
bray 15
bread viii, ix, 31–2, 49, 214
roll 11, 49–50, 132, 201
brewing tea viii, ix, 134–5, 185, 198, 229
Bristol 53, 97
broad-
arrowed/footed/toed 62–3
broke 25–6, 211
to the bone 189
buckie 189
Buckinghamshire 91, 115, 159
buff 86
buggy-khanna 105
bum 27–8
bunker 23
bunts 28
burly 31
bushwacked 29–30
bussock 209
butta 31
buzzed 70
cack-handed 120–1
caff 33
caggy-handed 121
cakey 89
call/caller 35
Cambridgeshire 18, 152
canned 70
cantankerous 5, 159, 208
canting 165
carryout 189
cash 1, 28, 144, 229
cater-snozzle 40
caterpillar 225
centipede 139
chamble 40
chamragging 34
chatterbag/box/mag 34–5
cheeny 62
cheesy bob 45
Cheshire 2, 10, 24–5, 34–5, 62, 65, 88–9, 99, 109, 115, 121–2, 134, 138, 154, 170, 181, 185, 190, 195, 206, 212, 215, 218, 227
chicken-toed 218
children 8, 15, 43, 51, 80, 85, 95, 110, 125–6, 132–3, 140–1, 163, 179, 192, 194, 223, 227–8, 231, 233
chilly 150, 152, 165
chinwag 110
chopse 34
chraddle-head 179
chwiogen 103, 158
clanch 15
clat-can 35
clatch 15
clatterbags 23
cleeky-feet 217–18
clergyman 26–7
clew 180
clome 202
clonc 34
clothes 48, 86, 213
club-footed 216, 218
cludgie 23
clumsiness 120, 123
cobber 14
cock-kneed 122
cockroach 79
coillte 57
cold viii–ix, 113, 150, 152–3, 187, 206, 232
companion 32, 134, 145, 199
coney-catcher 217
conker 51
Cornwall 2, 11, 16, 31, 35, 43–4, 53, 55, 62, 69, 73–4, 76, 79, 84, 91, 94–5, 97, 103, 111, 124–5, 132, 150, 154, 158, 173, 179, 185, 195–6, 198, 202–3, 207, 214–16, 232
corrie-handed 120
country lane 127–8
Coventry 49, 78, 80
cow-heeled 62
crab-ankled 122
crab- toed 218
cranky 89
crap 144
crazy 68, 172
cream-crackered 211
creamos 163
creamy olivers 163
creusle 55
crib-footed 218
criss 86
crodle 62
crooked-legged 122
croust 95, 214–5
crow-toed 218
crowd 21
cubby-hole 53
cuckoo 4, 90
Cumberland 9, 107, 115, 144, 177
Cumbria 4, 15, 17, 19, 29, 34, 41, 43, 77, 86, 88, 101, 105–6, 115, 127, 135, 144, 161, 170, 190, 197, 200, 205, 209, 218–19, 223–4, 231
cycling 7–8, 55
daffy 89
daks 220
damp 10, 150
dander 61
dandy 57, 208
dank 10
dannock 49
dateless 89
dawk 10
daydreamer x, 61
dead-on 189
death 5–6
decent 77, 137
deg 10
demon 171
Derbyshire 7–8, 10, 15, 47, 115, 121, 130, 133–4, 138, 170, 178, 181, 203, 212–13, 219–20
devil 13–14, 48, 171
Devon 20–1, 35, 37, 40, 43, 45, 55, 63–4, 69–70, 72, 76, 84, 96, 104, 111, 115, 121–2, 125, 155–5, 159, 173, 194–5, 198, 206–7, 214–5, 224
dew-bit 109, 155, 215
diamond geezer 211
dibby 89
dibs 163
Dicky Devlin 48
dineros 1
dinge 10
dingle 170
dinky 7
dipstick 26
ditch 170, 180
dizzy 138, 203
dobra 30
dock 69
dogging off 23
dogs 30, 65, 178, 221
dolly mixture 228
dominie 23
Doncaster 217
done in/off/out/up 115
donnies 165
Dorset 31, 34, 43, 76, 102, 109, 117, 122, 125, 179, 198
dosh 144
double queenie 163
dozy 89
dozzle 10
drift 126
drill 170
drizzle 9, 10, 101, 141–2, 196–7
droothy 69
dross 31
drove 126
drudge 27–8
drum-up 215
drunk viii, 19–20, 23, 39, 52, 70–1, 78, 131, 140, 167, 172, 189, 193, 198, 200
dubbies 163
ducats 1
duck-footed/nebbed/toed 62, 218
duffy 30, 71, 157
dump-rat 189
dumps 64
Dundee 11, 22
dunegan 72
dunekin 72
dung 60, 72, 139–40
Durham ix, 9, 19, 29, 34, 62, 101, 105, 115, 120, 127, 135, 170–1, 190, 200, 206, 212, 218, 231
dusk 64, 72
dust 15, 146
duw 137
dyke 170
ea/eas 170
earwig 79
East Anglia x, 9–10, 12, 49, 51, 61, 77, 86, 89, 93, 99, 112–13, 121–2, 126, 128, 134, 148, 154, 185, 191, 197, 203, 209–10, 212, 214–15
East Midlands 8, 106, 115, 126, 159, 177, 179, 190, 212–13, 219–20
Easter 161–2
elderly 83, 220
eleveners 214
embers 107
empty 73–4, 106
ent 74, 185
’er indoors 57
ercles 84
erse 23
Essex 9, 15, 35, 62, 89, 159, 170, 179, 203, 209–10, 214–15
excellent 12, 24, 67, 85, 175
excrement 72, 133, 140
exhausted 18, 30, 64, 115, 124, 130, 211
exsie 163
fab 2, 226
fadge 201
fair 77, 105, 111, 200
fairy 149, 171
faldered 115
famelled 106
farntikylle 75
fasherie 75
fashious 75
fat person 13, 81
faynights 163
featish 76
feckless 89
fidgety 179
fidgie 80
figgy hoggan 103
fine 57, 77, 95, 208
fit 76–7
flash/er 77
flighty 88
flim-flam 230
flirt 62
flish 19, 84
flit 23
flop 15
fly boy 43
food viii–ix, 5, 8–9, 31–2, 46, 49, 127, 138, 155
foolish 2, 11, 31, 78, 88–90, 135, 146, 150, 175–6, 198
fools 2–4, 90, 175–6, 186
footling 61
forenoons 215
fornyward 115
forthy 95
four o’clock 62, 215
fourses 215
fraik 79
frawn 113
freak 80
freckle 75
freezing 152, 187
fresh 179
fret 84, 141
friends 19, 32, 40, 44, 47, 54, 103–4, 134, 145, 199
frim 179
frisky 179
fruz 113
fuddled 203
fugly 220
fun 38, 54, 139, 189
fuss 75, 79, 141
gabber 34
gad 35
gadje/gadjo 83
gallivanter 34–5, 173
gallows 85
games 51, 62, 80, 124, 163
gammer 83, 85–6
gamphrel 85
ganning on 179
gant 106
gasbag 35
gaumless 90
gaumy 89
gawky 89
gear 2, 26, 127, 226
genuine 111
Geordie 66–7, 87, 114, 120, 129, 201, 207
giddy 88, 138, 180, 203
gill 170
gingerbread 144
gird 76
girt 97, 102
Glamorgan 93
Glasgow 5, 12, 20, 22, 69, 80, 183, 187
gleek 88
gligs 84
glob 84
gloomy 158
Gloucestershire 34–5, 91–3, 130, 165, 171, 209, 215
glutton 88
godfather/mother 83
gollies 99
gomerel 85
gone in 115
good 24, 36, 57, 76, 97, 175
good-like 77
goodsire 93, 98
goose-footed 62, 218
gosling 135
gossip ix, 33–5, 36, 40, 47, 53, 109–10, 150, 171, 205
gote 170
grammy 91, 148
grandfathers 91–3, 98, 148, 205
grandmayer 148
grandmothers 85, 86, 91–2, 130–31, 137, 147, 148, 211
grandsire 92–3, 98
great 24, 85, 97
Grimsby 99
groushans 97
grut 97
gudgeon 43
gully 126
gwddor 114
gwennie 137
Gwent 35
gwli 137
gym shoes 60, 98–9, 172, 183
gymkhana 105
gypsies 13, 41–2, 56–7, 83, 105, 131, 166
hager 31
hale 103
half-cracked 89
half-cut 70
half-sharp 89
hamchammering 34
hammered 70
Hampshire 84, 109, 111, 120, 162, 185, 197, 215
Hank Marvin 211
happy 44, 52, 130
hardy 179
harlot 145
Harry Freemans 101
haze 10, 64
hazel 15
hearty 106
heather 101
heave 209
hedge-priest 26
hedgehog 102, 224
hell 17, 102–3
hen-toed 218
Herefordshire 2, 44, 169–70, 214
Hertfordshire 89, 170
hiccup 233
hideous 123
hinny 67
hip-hop 32, 54, 103
hitting 15–16, 142, 191, 197, 207, 219
hoach and haw 102
hoaxes 3, 17
hobo 27
holls 170
hood 43
hook Jack 167–8
hook-toed 217–18
hooky 26
hooligan 189
horses 7, 9, 55, 84
houser 35, 150
housing 35
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a Brummie 164–5
a Cockney 210–11
the Cornish 94–5
an East Anglian 112–13
a Geordie 66–7
a Scot 22–23
a Scouser 38–9
an Ulsterman 188–9
the Welsh 136–7
huff 209
hughie 21
Hull 99, 183, 217
hum 165
Humberside 12
humpy 134
hunchy 152
hungry ix, 45–6, 105–6, 125, 211, 232–3
Huntingdonshire 18, 89, 218
hurked-up 122
hussy 145
idiot 14, 18, 165, 172, 211, 231
idle 61, 141
idler 27, 88, 141
impetuous 177
inferior 178, 120
insignificant person 20, 149, 187
Ipswich 163
Ireland 11, 24, 49, 54, 57, 70, 78, 116, 130, 139–41, 146, 158–9, 175, 179, 193, 195, 201
Isle of Man 15, 62, 93, 101, 115, 148, 159, 179, 223
Isle of Sheppey 166
Isle of Wight 40, 107, 187
jack 109, 167–8
jaded 115
jags 84
jam/jamble 40
jank 111
jarted 15
jaup 117
jaw 109–10, 171
jawer 215
jenick 111
jennel 126
jetty 126
jim-jam 230
jink 116
jinnel 88
jonnick 111
jossed up 115
joukery-pawkery 116
jowpment 117
juke 116
kaird turner 144
karsey 36
kay-pawed 120–1
kaylied 39, 70
keb-footed/legged 218
ken 105
Kent 10, 12, 24–5, 26, 62–3, 73, 77, 93, 147, 170, 184, 203, 215, 223, 229
khazi 36
kicks 99
kimit 89
Kirby kiss 39
knack-kneed 122
knackered 211
knee-knapped 121, 122
knickers 2, 216
knock-kneed viii, 25, 114, 120–2
knuckle-kneed 122
knudge 154
kopecks 1
kub 53
kushto/kushti 57
kysty 134
lace 15, 125, 216
lade/laden 185
lady forward 62–3
lagged out 115
lake 124, 170
Lake District 64, 75, 101
lall 209
Lancashire ix, 3–4, 7–8, 10–12, 20, 33, 35, 38–9, 43, 45–6, 62, 70–1, 86, 88–90, 109, 114–16, 122, 126, 134–5, 138, 161–2, 181, 183–4, 197, 199, 206, 209, 212, 215–18, 224, 226, 231
lanny 39
lark 124
larrup 15, 125
lashed 70
laughter 216–17
lazy person 27–8, 125, 221
leather 15, 125
left-handed 56, 120–1
leftovers day 9
legs 5–6, 25, 114, 120, 218
Leicestershire 18, 28, 55, 89, 126, 134, 179, 198, 218, 220
light-headed 180, 203
Lincolnshire 8, 12, 15–16, 28, 33–4, 46, 63, 84, 89, 91–2, 99, 103, 115, 121–2, 126, 133, 143, 148, 170, 179, 206, 209, 215, 218–20, 224, 231
lissom 125–6, 179
littl’un 227
little lubber 179
little squirt 228
litty 179
lively 179, 194, 227
Liverpool ix, 14, 17, 29, 38, 41, 51, 68, 71, 74, 78, 91, 110, 114, 123, 126–7, 130–1, 147–8, 153–4, 175, 183–4, 198, 220, 226, 231–2
loanings 126
London 1, 15, 19, 25–6, 28, 31, 36, 47, 57, 59, 68–9, 81, 83, 86, 89, 101, 103–4, 126, 130, 146, 148, 163, 178–9, 186, 206, 210–11, 213, 216, 226, 228–9
loopy 89
loshins 137
lowance 215
lowk 15
luvvly jubbly 26
mad person 11, 68
maftin 30
mag 34
magger 35
magpie 34, 205
maid 95
make up one’s mind 16
mam-gu 148
manchent 132
Manchester 88, 148, 191
manchun 132
mangled 131
marble 62
mardo 133
Marryat, Captain 21, 198
mashed 131, 134
mashing 185
mashloch 49
masking 185
Master Dobbs 65
mates 32, 67, 103, 188, 199, 211
maungy 134
maythering 141
mazed 95
as a curlew 232
‘me first’ 80
mear 126
meddling 173
Meggie-lickie-spinnie 139
Meggy-Mony-Legs 139
Merseyside 2, 38–9, 52, 99, 110, 114, 137, 183
mess 20–1, 146
messing around 111
micher 141
Middle English 31, 75, 105, 124, 187
Midlands 2–3, 10–11, 17, 33, 44–5, 51, 74, 78, 89, 92, 99, 106, 115–16, 126, 133–5, 141–2, 149, 166, 171–2, 179, 185, 199
north 90, 227
north-west 2, 181, 215
south-west 2, 35, 36, 91, 106, 169, 214
see also East Midlands, West Midlands, South Midlands
millipede 91
minge 10
minger 30–1, 140, 146
mischievous 85, 179
child 193
mist 10, 64, 186
mitsian 141
modartha 141
mole 142
money 1, 28, 86, 120, 143–4, 181, 199–200, 229
mong 31
monkey-fart 157
Monmouthshire 91, 167, 170
mooching 61, 141
moody 133–4, 206
moose 30–1
mopy 152
morkins 165
morsel 214–15
mother 130–2
mouth 88
move house 23
mucked 115
mud 46, 168, 195–6, 202
muddle 23, 95, 178
mullered 70
mullicrush 142
muntered 70
muntin 30
mutton dummies 99
nammet 155
nang 86
nanny 86, 148
nattered 134
natterer 34–5
nazzy 134
neb 149, 189
neb-footed 218
nebbed 218
neddy 150–1
neggy-lag 62
neppered 134
nerves 117
Newcastle 7, 41, 65–6, 87, 119, 129, 151
newsbagging 34
newsing 34
niddy-noddy 3, 4, 70
nineses 214
nipper 228
nisseldraft 45
nitty nora 39
nizzardly 149
noddle 180
noddy 3–4, 135
nonsense 17–18, 20, 29, 113, 157
noonmeat 155
Norfolk 18, 35, 62–3, 92, 111–13, 148, 159, 170, 179, 193, 198
the North-East 7, 32–3, 41, 43, 46, 49, 55, 60, 62, 66, 80, 84, 87, 105, 115, 151, 159, 177, 183, 200–1
the North-West 15, 88, 121, 125–6, 138, 148, 159, 172, 197, 203, 209
Northamptonshire 25, 91, 93, 154, 193, 230
Northern England 2–4, 7–8, 10–11, 13–15, 18–19, 24, 33, 43–44, 48, 50, 56, 61–2, 70, 74–8, 83, 85, 88–90, 93, 99, 102, 105, 116–17, 119–20, 126–7, 129, 131–5, 139, 141–2, 152–3, 159, 161, 163, 166, 170, 177–9, 185, 190–1, 202, 206–8, 215, 219, 221, 223, 226, 228, 231, 233
Northern Ireland 24, 37, 43, 75, 93, 98–9, 145, 167, 188–9, 191, 196, 201, 227
Northumberland 9–10, 14–15, 19, 29, 43, 66, 79, 105, 111, 114, 120, 123, 127, 134–5, 139, 144, 149, 161, 168, 179, 184, 187, 202, 207, 218–19
Northumbria 36, 66–7, 134
nosey parker 35
Nottinghamshire 10, 47, 55, 62, 92, 134, 170, 178, 197, 199, 212, 220
nousty 134
nuncheon 215
nutter 11, 12
nutty 89
oggie raidin 55
Old English 17, 35, 72–3, 87, 134, 139, 149, 167, 187, 202
Old Nick 48
Old Norse 9, 23, 90, 124, 190, 230
ollyoxalls 163
ommery 5
on the fidget/go /rouk/wander 179
orbnary 5
Orkney 31
outsider 83, 232
Oxfordshire 12, 35, 40, 91, 106, 130, 170
packed lunch viii, ix, 8, 95, 109, 214
pagal 172
paggered 115
paid out 115
Paisley 191
panting viii, 209
pappy 93
parky 152, 165
parleys 163
passing fad 230
Passover 161
pasty 95, 103, 158
pawky 116
pawpie 93
paxman 163
Peeler 189
peg-toed 218
pegged out 115
pellis 7
pensioners 220
pensy 134
periowiggle 169
perishing 152
pert 179
petty 113
phthisicky 213
piastres 1
pickin’ 137
pie-eyed 70
piebald 13
pigeon-toed viii, 62, 114, 212, 216–19
piggy 7
pigwidgeon 149
pill bug 45
pillion ride 7–8, 55
pin-toed 62
pincer-toed 217–18
pined 106
pinnocks 170
pirl 169
pissed 70, 167
Pitmatic 120, 134
plastered 70
plaw-footed 62
played out 115
plimmies 99
plimsolls 60, 98, 137, 172
plish 19, 84
plonker 26
ploughman’s lunch 215
Plymouth 111, 158
poddywig 169
poggled 172
pole-fagged 115
the police 17, 189
pollywriggle 169
poor 25, 202
pootled 115
pootling 61
porkies 211
porwygle 169
potless 211
potty 89
pouring tea 17, 73, 102, 185, 206
poursuivants 173
pratt-footed 62–3
pretty 24, 76–7
prickly-back 224
prickmadandy 177
progger 215
prostitute 41, 69, 145
pub 37, 65, 67
pudding 11, 89
puddled 89
puff 209
pump 209
pumple-footed 62, 218
putting-on 215
pyet 205
pyll 167
queer 89, 175
quest 217
quick 179, 231
rags 48, 125, 213
rain 10, 37, 101, 141, 190, 196
rake 179
Ralph 21
ram-bang 178
ramfeezled 178
ramstamphis 177
rat-arsed 70
ratboy 43
rattlebox 35
rawley 31
razzored 115, 130
rean 180
redwing 95, 232
reezy 180
rhine 180
rhino 144
rhyne 180
riding pillion 7–8, 55
rigged up 95
riverlets 170
rivets 181
riving 179
rivulets 14, 29, 169, 170, 181, 190, 200
roll-egg day 161
Romany influences 41–2, 56–7, 83, 105, 131
rooky 89
rubbered 189
rubbish 20, 29, 33, 113, 139–40, 146, 178
rummager 179
rundle 181
runners 99
sack lunch 214
safe 187
sagging skewl 39
sandshoe 99
sauntering 61
scandalmonger 34
Scandinavia 4, 8, 14, 22, 23, 40, 70, 102, 120, 135, 140, 159, 171, 190, 206, 228, 230
Scotland 3–5, 7–8, 10, 12, 16–19, 22–4, 26–7, 29–31, 40, 43–4, 46–9, 53, 56, 61, 64, 68–70, 72, 74–80, 84–5, 88, 90, 93, 98–9, 105–6, 111, 115–17, 120–1, 123, 125–7, 135, 137–40, 142, 144, 148–50, 152–53, 158–59, 161, 163, 167–8, 170–2, 177–8, 180, 183, 185–7, 190–1, 196, 202–3, 207–9, 224–5, 227–8, 233
Scottish Borders 23, 26–7, 29, 41, 121, 159, 177, 190, 200, 205
Scottish English 116, 225
scouse 38–9, 123, 127, 131, 147, 220, 226
scrabble-footed 62
scrammed 187
scran 215
scribs 163
scrimp and save 187
scrod-legged 25
scrog-footed 62
scrunch 163
scrush-footed 62
scurryvag 186
sea hedgehog 224
seatie 7
seesaw 212
Selkirk 180, 190
Shakespeare 44, 48, 50, 78, 171, 224
Shank’s Pony 6
Sheffield 194
Shetland Isles 22–3, 97, 131, 138, 149, 154
shig-shog 212
shit-faced 70
shoes 60–1, 98–9, 172, 183–4
shoot 185
shopping 23, 139
shovel-footed 62
shreds 125
shrivelled 153, 176
Shropshire 18, 25, 35, 51, 84, 89, 92, 117, 148, 184, 190, 195, 203, 205, 214–15, 218, 233
sick as a redwing 95
sickly 163, 232
silly 1, 2, 12, 60, 78, 89–90, 198
simpletons 4, 85
sistren 26
sitch 190
skanger 43
skew-footed 62
skint 25, 202
skylark 124
slab-footed 62
slaughtered 70
slender 117
slip away 151
sloshed 70
slouch 88, 141
slovenly 125, 163, 194
slow-witted person 12
sludge 195
sly-footed 62
smacking 15, 23, 191, 219
smart/ish 69, 77, 117
person 24
smashed 70
smelly 178, 196
smirn 196
smither 10
smoggies 87
snack ix, 9, 30, 47, 109, 197, 214–15
sneakers 99
soapy 89
Somerset 15, 18, 21, 25, 34–5, 52, 62, 73, 77, 89, 91, 93, 109, 115, 121, 125, 179, 187, 198, 207, 214–15, 218
soot 107
the South-East 12, 25, 34–5, 42, 48–9, 60, 86, 89, 99, 132, 148, 163, 169, 185, 193, 200, 203, 213, 223
South Midlands 89, 93, 130, 215, 218
the South-West 7, 10, 17, 20, 34–5, 37, 43, 49, 51, 53, 55, 61–2, 72, 76–7, 84, 89, 91–5, 102–3, 109, 111, 122, 125–6, 132, 140–3, 150, 152, 154, 158–9, 162, 167, 176, 179–80, 185, 187, 195, 198, 206, 207, 229
Southern England 1, 3, 29, 34–5, 77, 91–2, 106, 115, 125, 135, 148, 152, 159, 162, 170, 179, 185, 187, 208
southpaw 56, 120
spaghetti crop 3
speck 10
spider’s web 139
spinning like a teetotum 194
spirit 41, 64, 171
splar-footed 62
splawder-foot 63
splay-footed 62–3, 162
spondulicks 144, 199
Spotted Dick 62
sprack 179
praw-footed 218
sprinkle 10
sprog 228
sprog-hooked 63
spry 179
spun out 115
spunned up 115
squallin’ 95
squeakers 99
squeamish 33
squirt 228
squit 113
Staffordshire 2, 15, 24, 35, 47, 63, 89, 102, 115, 122, 126, 134, 138, 170, 178–9, 181, 184, 209, 212, 218, 224, 231
stam 178
state 76
steaming 70
steek 43
stig 43
stotty 11, 49, 201
straddly-bandy 25
streams 14, 29, 147, 169–70, 181, 190, 200
strides 164
stupid 89
Suffolk 10, 62, 110–13, 122, 146, 154, 209, 214
sulky 132–4
Sunderland 87, 129
Surrey 15, 106, 203, 218
Sussex 2, 5, 9, 13, 21, 34, 64–5, 89, 106, 126, 187, 203
Swedish 149
sweetheart 69
sweets 137
swimming costumes 213
tab 67
tabbies 220
tacker 95
tadcu 93, 205
tadpole 169
taiawc 221
taler 34
tancel 15
tang 217
tarrah 165
tattler 35
tea ix, 17, 73, 184
see brewing tea, pouring tea
teachers 23
tear-down 179
teasy 95
Teesside 33, 55, 87
teeter-totter 212
o’clock 215
tenfoot 126
tenner 214
tewed out 115
thirsty 69
threads 86
threap 207
three sheets to the wind 70
threeses 214
thumping 15
tiac 221
tibs 163
tich 228
tidal creeks 167
tiddly 70
tiddy oggie 55, 95
tioc 221
tip-toed 218
tipsy 70
tired 18, 64, 115, 124, 130–1, 159, 225
tittybabby 165
toes-in 218
toilet 23, 36, 72, 113, 151
tongue-wag 35
tonic wine 189
tosie 218
tourists 73, 95–6
toused 15
townie 42–3, 145, 215
tramp 27
trarabit 165
trashed 70
trendy young person 41–2, 111, 119, 137, 149, 215
trev 43
trickle 170
tricks 3, 33
trifling matter 230
trim-tram 230
trolleyed 70
trousers 164, 216, 220
truancy 23, 29, 39, 65, 94, 140–1, 151, 167–8, 183, 191–3, 217, 226
truce terms 163
turkey-toed 218
turn-toed 218
twat 15
twitchbell 79
twitten 126
twti down 137
Tyneside 66–7, 87, 129
ugly viii, 30–1, 71, 81, 140, 146, 157, 178, 191, 220
underhand practices 116
underwear 216
upstrigolous 179
urine 1
vag 226
viddy 76
vomiting 21, 23
wade through water or mud 168
waff 209
wagging 217, 226
wale 15
Wales ix, 49, 60, 136–7, 140, 142, 155, 170, 180, 205, 218
east 15, 63, 207
north 62–3, 99, 110, 147, 216
north-east 224
south 15, 34–5, 61, 76, 93, 136–7, 141, 148, 155
south-east 36, 92, 169, 214
south-west 93
west 34
wallop 15, 144
wallow 106
wallydrag 163
wankered 70
wap 145
wappy 89
Warwickshire 18, 35, 44, 47, 93, 115, 122, 134, 185, 212
washing up 202
wasted 70
water course 180
weared out 115
weather 10, 16, 37, 152
web-footed 218
Wednesday-and-Thursday 63
weeds 48, 213
Welsh 34, 103, 114, 136–7, 144, 147–8, 158, 166, 205, 221
Welsh borders 92, 137, 169, 207, 224
West Country 53, 55, 94, 96, 155, 158, 173
West Glamorgan 63
West Midlands 24, 77, 164–5, 185, 207
Western Isles 22
Westmoreland 19, 77, 84, 90, 115–16, 122, 126, 206, 209, 218
whacking 15
wheezing 212–13
whimper 55
whine 55, 163
whirly 203
whooping cough 44
whore 69, 191
wide-footed 63
wifter 56
wiggy-arsed 179
Wiltshire 2, 34–5, 40, 60, 62–3, 91, 93, 96, 115–16, 139, 143, 176, 179, 215
wimp 175
winnard 95, 232
wonky 203
woodlouse 45, 91
Worcestershire 18, 35, 84, 106, 130, 171, 184, 209
wore out 115
workmate 32
worry 141
worthless 20, 33, 146, 153, 163, 178
woubit 225
wrecked 70
wrinkled 176
yachy da 137
yaddering 35
yapper 35
yarco 43
yark 15
yask 233
yeast 11, 12, 97, 154
York 78
Yorkshire 2, 8, 12–13, 15–16, 18–19, 24, 27–8, 33–5, 44, 47–8, 62–3, 70–1, 77, 79, 81, 84–86, 89–90, 106, 111, 114–16, 120, 122, 124–6, 132–4, 139, 146, 149–50, 158, 161, 170, 172, 179, 181, 184–5, 194–5, 200, 203, 205–6, 209, 212, 215, 217–21, 224, 231–2
north 4, 101, 127, 135, 190
north-east 78
south 45
west 7, 88, 138, 162
Yorkshireman 221
young person, trendy 41–2, 111, 119, 137, 149, 215
yuck 15