Armstrong-Siddley, motor manufacturer
bizzim, disruptive child
Burroo, Unemployment Bureau
C & A’s, chain store
charrin, domestic cleaning
chinas, mates, friends
clip cloots, cut cloths
close, entrance to a tenement
cooried, settled, cuddled
Copey, Co-operative Association store
coppers, coins, small change
croshay, crochet
done, exhausted, expired
dunny, outhouse in tenement back court
gant, yawn
gey, somewhat, very
grate, metal section of fireplace
grun, ground
hale, whole
hechin awa, panting
humph, comes up their, when it suits them to do something, when something occurs to them
jawin, talking
jeely, jelly
jookin, dodging
Kelvinside, affluent district of Glasgow
kill, get yer, to die laughing
loss the heid, go mad, daft or angry
merriet, married
midden-bin, dustbin
Mission, charity institution
nebs, noses
nyaff, orig. a small dog, a twisted or stunted person
pickchers, the pictures, cinema
piece, sandwich
pie-eyed, drunk
Poly, dance hall
rammy, crush, crowd
rive, rent, tear
soor-dook, sour mouth, bitter
steamie, public laundry
TB, tuberculosis
tate, piece
tattie, potato
tink, tinker
Treat, party for children
tumphy, stupid person, idiot
veloory, velour, form of velvet
wally dug, china dog, ornament
wean, child
winnins, profits
wireless set, radio