What is the meaning of KETTLE AND-HOB. Phrases containing KETTLE AND-HOB
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Rattle and clank is London Cockney rhyming slang for a bank.
Rattle and hiss is London Cockney rhyming slang for urination (piss).
Vrb phrs. To lose courage. Cf. 'bottle' and 'bottle it'.
Bottle up and go is Black−American slang for to leave.
Something you have after twenty pints of lager and a curry. A lotta bottle! This means courage. If you have a lotta bottle you have no fear.
Stinging nettle is British rhyming slang for a kettle.
Any small locomotive, especially an old, leaky one. Also called teakettle and coffeepot
Bottle and glass is London Cockney rhyming slang for the buttocks (arse).
Bottle and stopper is London Cockney rhyming slang for a police officer (copper).
Little Boy's Room and Little Girl's Room
Phrs. Fall over. Also arse over tea kettle.
Captain Kettle is London Cockney rhyming slang for to settle, to end an argument.
Noun. A watch or wrist watch. Possibly from rhyming slang kettle and hob, meaning fob. [Mainly London use]
Little and large is London Cockney rhyming slang for margarine (marge).
Gerry Cottle is London Cockney rhyming slang for bottle.
Kettle and hob is London Cockney rhyming slang for Bob. Kettle and hob is London Cockney rhyming slang for fob.
Hansel and Gretel is London Cockney rhyming slang for kettle.
Kettle is British slang for a watch.
Watch (fob watch). That's a lovely kettle. I got the following from Dudley who wondered about the connection between a kettle and a watch - he passed on the following story:
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a.
Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
n.
To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.
imp. & p. p.
of Settle
a.
Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
n.
To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
n.
Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.
v. i.
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
v. t.
See Kittle, v. t.
superl.
Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice.
n.
To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
v. i.
To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
v. i.
To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.
v. i.
To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
n.
One who nettles.
n.
To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.
imp. & p. p.
of Nettle
n.
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
n.
The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.
superl.
Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse.
n.
See Nettles.
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