| Appos |
n Application form for holidays
(1935-1950) |
| Astors feed |
n Christmas Party given by Lord
and Lady Astor (1930-1940) |
| Bandy |
n The bandmaster (1935-1950) |
| Bang out |
v to shout (1930-1950) |
| Barker |
n Sausage (1935-1967) |
| Barney |
n Any school workman (1920-1950) |
| BOD |
abbr. You've been fooled, pro. ba
dee dee (1970-1978) |
| Black messenger |
n A thrown boot brush (1920-1940) |
| Blip |
n A large or overweight boy
(1960-1970) |
| Bo |
n One who washes only infrequently pro. bow
as in bow tie (1970-1978) |
| Bonk |
adj Deaf; unable or unwilling
to hear (19th Century) |
| Brainy bonk |
A swot; one who studies hard, crams (1920-1950) |
| Bubbler |
n A cry baby ((1930-1940) |
| Bung up |
To tell a lie ((1940-1950) |
| Buzz |
n Prefects common room (1940-1960) |
| Cander |
n Button or brass polish (1935-1950) |
| Chaw |
n Junior prefect (1910-1950) |
| Civvy blad |
n Non-Dukie boy (1940-1950) |
| Cogs |
v To reserve for oneself ...
food, contents of parcel etc. (1960-1970) |
| Cossacks |
n Boots (1920-1935) |
| Daddy bick |
n Long pudding or duff as in,
for instance, 'plum duff' (1930-1940) |
| Dago |
n Knife (Traditional) |
| Darner |
n One who mends socks (1930-1940) |
| Dib |
v To smoke (1935-1950) |
| Dibber |
n One who smokes cigarettes,
a smoker (1935-1950) |
| Dodger |
n A good conduct stripe (1935-1950) |
| Doidies |
n Protruding teeth (1935-1950) |
| Dork |
n A slice of bread pl dorks
(Traditional) |
| Do trade |
v To clean boots, make beds,
clean brass buttons for payment (1940-1950) |
| Dush |
n Pocket money (1960-1978) |
| EPI |
To have an outburst of temper (1960-1978) |
| Fiddler |
n Bugler (1930-1940) |
| Fierce |
v To be unfriendly (19th Century) |
| Fripp |
n A non-existent person (19th
Century) |
| Gammy |
n The Commandant (1935-1950) |
| Gated |
To be confined to school, denied an afternoon
pass (1940-1950) |
| Gash |
n Extra, left-over or spare
food (1930-1040) |
| Gig |
n A girl (1920-1950) |
| Gigs |
n Spectacles or prescription
glasses (1960-1978) |
| Gob |
v To spit (1935-1950) |
| Grezzer |
n Spit |
| Gyms |
Unofficial and arbitary punishment for
which a gym shoe was used (1960-1978) |
| Hardbake |
n The crust or end slice of
a loaf (1930-1950) |
| Hide and seek |
n Bacon and tomato pie (1935-1945) |
| Jack |
n Any school workman (1930-1935) |
| Jerk |
n Any school workman (1960-1078) |
| Jerkmobile |
n A 4-wheeled workmans trolley
(1960-1978) |
| Jew in |
v To push into a queue; or to
jump a queue (Traditional) |
| Jit |
n A boil, particularly one on
the back of one's neck (1935-1950) |
| Juice |
n Gravy (1930-1950) |
| Junglies |
n Baggy underwear (1960-78) |
| KCB |
abbr Kippers and coffee for
breakfast (1920-1930) |
| Klep |
n A thief (1960-1978) |
| Lick |
v To curry favour (1935-1978) |
| Ma Bick |
n Round pudding (1930-1940) |
| Mare up |
v To rag, tip over a bed in
the dark; often on the night before holidays (1935-1950) |
| Marmo |
n Marmalade pudding (1920-1935) |
| Marmo Mick |
n A pudding scoffer or pudding
glutton (1920-1935) |
| Mick |
n A greed (1920-1925) |
| Minner |
n A monitor or boy sergeant
(1920-1925) |
| Newchie |
n A new boy (1910-1978) |
| Nib |
An expression of self-praise (1935-1950) |
| Noodle |
n A new boy (19th Century) |
| Petes |
n pl Prefects (1920-1930) |
| Rucks |
Short rations (1930-1950) |
| Salmon junk |
n Fish and potato pie (1935-1950) |
| Scad |
v To make haste; go fast, run
(Traditional) |
| Schmo |
n A short cutter; one who removes
vest, shirt and jersey in a single movement (1960-1978) |
| Shiner |
n A boot brush (1940-1950) |
| Sides |
A boring, time-consuming punishment (1960-1978) |
| Skit |
n Company sergeant major; or
later, housemaster ((1935-1950) |
| Skit |
v To look out for someone doing
something not allowed (Traditional) |
| Slab |
n Boot room (1910-1930) |
| Slasher |
n A boy who wets the bed (1930-1940) |
| Slavo |
n A batman or fag; one who serves
an older boy (19th Century) |
| Slick |
adj Smart with reference to
slicked hair ((1940-1950) |
| Snakey |
n Rancid butter (1935-1945) |
| Spare wang |
n Cabbage, swede, turnip vegetables
(1930-1950) |
| Spitchy gig |
n A lovely girl (1920-1950) |
| Spin out |
n A story told after lights
out (1920-1950) |
| Splatter |
n Butter ((1950-1960) |
| Sprar |
n The Regimental Sergeant Major
or RSM (1935-1978) |
| Sprey |
n The Regimental Sergeant Major
or RSM (1960-1978) |
| Squaddy |
n A junior drill enthusiast
(1960-1978) |
| Stewed bed irons |
n Foul medicine (1930-1950) |
| Stoke up |
v To blush (1935-1950) |
| Stuck in |
Confined to hospital (1960-1978) |
| Sweat on |
The hard work of polishing boots (1980-1978) |
| Sweating on |
Hoping for promotion (1960-1978 |
| Taken up |
Reported for wrong doing (1960-1978) |
| Tax-up |
A demand to give part of one's food to
another boy (1930-1950) |
| Toast up |
v To blush (1940-1945) |
| Togs |
n Plimsoles, running shoes (1960-1978) |
| Torchlight soup |
n Brown Windsor soup given after
band engagements (1920-1935) |
| Toughun |
n A fighter, scrapper (19th
Century) |
| Traf |
n A fart, eructation, breaking
wind (Traditional) |
| Trog |
n A fast, messy and greedy eater
(1970-1978) |
| Trombone (on a) |
n A liar, fake, pretender (1910-1935) |
| Tuck down |
With reference to caning (19th Century) |
| Tudgie |
n Turnip or swede vegetable
(1920-1945) |
| Two's up |
After you (1935-1978) |
| Votch |
n A mean, nasty, callous, malicious
boy (1935-1950) |
| Walley |
n Security officer (1960-1978) |
| Whang |
n Meat |
