The Face (Harry Tyler Book 1) Page 21
Slaughter A safe place to dispose of stolen goods (also slaughter house)
Smack Heroin (also horse, H, junk, skag, shit, brown, Harry, boy, the white palace, the Chinaman’s nightcap)
Sov £1 (from sovereign)
SP Information (starting prices)
Speed Amphetamines (also sulph, whizz, Billy, phets)
Spiel Patter
Squirt Ammonia in a bottle
Stewards Investigation (from steward’s enquiry)
Stretch One year in prison
Stripe To cut the face with a Frankie or a chiv
Swede Head (also loaf, loaf of bread=head, noggin)
Syrup Wig (syrup of figs=wigs)
Taters Cold (potatoes in the mould=cold, also brass monkey’s, from it’s cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey)
Tea leaf Thief
Thru’pennies Breasts (thru’penny bits=tits; also Bristols, Bristol City’s=titties, Earthas, Eartha Kitt’s=tits)
Tiddlies Chinese people (tiddly wink=chink)
Tin-tack Sack
Tits up To go wrong, or pear-shaped; as in “it’s all gone tits up”.
Tom Jewellery (tomfoolery=jewellery)
Weasel Coat (weasel and stoat=coat)
Whistle Suit (whistle and flute=suit)
Wipe his mouth To put up with the situation
Wrong ’un Bad or untrustworthy person
Yelland see Grumble
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