SORRY!
OK class, listen up!
Squiffy; intoxicated with alcohol.
cf. Skew-whiff; out of square, twisted.
Jar; A glass/ pint mug.
Rub-a-dub-dub; rhyming-slang = pub.
cf. Rub-a-dub-dub refers to actions of washer-women.
twenty snout; twenty cigarettes.
cf. Snout, ( NOTE NOT SNOUTS ) was (is) prison slang for cigarettes. Snout; as in nose*.
I'm told that the favorite post-pub food now is doner-kebabs, whatever they are!
Alan
PS I should add that 'nose' here is not your 'hooter' (= schnozzle ) , but 'to search, ferret-out' etc.. 'Snout' also can refer to any 'treasure' a prisoner might get, like chocolate, sweets, postage stamps etc., anything tradeable, and no, I "ain't never been in no nick" = ( gaol ), as dear old Ronnie Barker said once in Porridge = (time served in gaol)!
[This message has been edited by Alan Belson (edited 10-16-2005).]
