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Colloquialism for shit; e.g. popularised by Michael Crawford as Frank Spencer from "Some Mothers do 'ave 'em" saying "Ooooh... Betty... the cat's done a whoopsie in my hat!!".
Tap city is American slang for penniless
Barf city is American slang for a disgusting or revolting place.
Halfwit, moron, idiot, cretin, person of low general intelligence. Used as "Fuck off, Rogers, You're a right sefton!" Term coined after Sefton Bedford a local halfwit of the Gypsy Hill area of London. Who was often to be found standing by the roudabout in the middle of the road eating Cheese & Onion crisps (always cheese & onion) in a somewhat vacant manner).
Bradford city is London Cockney rhyming slang for a female breats (titty).
everything had "city" after it. That was cool-city.
Doll city is American slang for a beautiful person.Doll city is American slang for a pleasant situation or idea.
City tote is London Cockney rhyming slang for coat.
Capital City is London Cockney rhyming slang for a woman's breast (titty).
Corned beef city is British slang for a large council housing estate, especially Dagenham.
City banker is London Cockney rhyming slang for an obnoxious person (wanker).
Potato crisps, or chips (as opposed to French Fries). As in "All we 'ad were a pint and a bag o' scabs". Actually first heard in Torremolinos, Spain on a coach excursion, uttered by a lad from Bradford to some mates. Also often overheard in Leeds in later years. Interestingly (?) - observed on the above mentioned Spanish coach trip - a cinema showing 'Adios Senor Chips'. (ed: I vaguely remember a dreadful song from the 1960's - 70's of which only the refrain 'Torremolinos, Torremolinos' has stuck in my head. If anyone has the slightest idea what this song is or can provide lyrics etc I'd be very grateful! I wonder if it was a Monty Python song?)
Fat city is Black−American slang for a fine state of affairs.
a physically strong male; buff
Edge city is slang for a dreaded, frightening or exciting sensation or situation.
Bradfords (shortened from Bradford city) is London Cockney rhyming slang for female breasts.
The Imperial City
sixpence (6d). The sixpenny piece used to be known long ago as a 'simon', possibly (ack L Bamford) through reference to the 17th century engraver at the Royal Mint, Thomas Simon. There has been speculation among etymologists that 'simon' meaning sixpence derives from an old play on words which represented biblical text that St Peter "...lodged with Simon a tanner.." as a description of a banking transaction, although Partridge's esteemed dictionary refutes this, at the same time conceding that the slang 'tanner' for sixpence might have developed or been reinforced by the old joke. See 'tanner' below.
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To transport in a wagon or wagons; as, goods are wagoned from city to city.
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A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad.
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To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.
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A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.
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A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people.
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Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.
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A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.
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Of or pertaining to a city; urban.
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To deprive of the rank or rights of a city.
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A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.
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A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.
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The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.
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Of or pertaining to Trent, or the general church council held in that city.
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Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town or city; as, a uptown street, shop, etc.; uptown society.
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A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, with yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey.
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To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.
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To deprive, as a city, of a bishop; to deprive, as a clergyman, of episcopal dignity or rights.
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Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
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Of or pertaining to a city.
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A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.
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