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Want to pass yourself off as a scouser? Then you'll need at least one or two of our favourite scouse phrases.
And if you think we've missed any - let us know liverpool.history@bbc.co.uk
| Stickie Lice | a liquorice root (to eat) | | In the Cut | the Leeds/Liverpool canal | | Don’t let on you’re bandy | keep your own counsel | | Dowse | keep a lookout for the police (usually when playing pitch and toss) | | Til Dick docked | waiting a long time | | Mug you | pay for your mate (usually a drink) | | Tanner Meg | a small rubber football | | Latchlifter | having enough money to go to the pub | | Nesh | feels the cold |
| First Wet | After a haircut, friends wet fingers and hit you on the head | | Whip Behind | carters would use whip to stop children riding on back | | The Nugget | a full weekend’s work on the docks | | Boyanks | String that navvies tied around legs to stop mud or clay | | Banny Mug | thick brown pottery | | Backie | riding on the back of someone’s bike | | Hug Me Tight | a tight blouse | | Delf | cups, saucers and plates | | Donkey Stone | used to clean front doorsteps | | Ollies | marbles | | Red Raddle | colour the tiles/front step | | The Stick | old name for the Landing Stage |
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| Pobs | sloppy baby food made from bread and milk | | Dicky’s Meadow | in real trouble (as in.. "you’re in Dicky’s meadow) | | Notecracker | someone who would change a seaman’s advance money order | | Dibbins | money thrown into the ring for amateur boxers | | One Ton Heavy On | boys’ street game (like leapfrog) | | Shaddle | moving plank of wood in children’s playground | | Welt | tea break | | Any Lunches | children would ask dockers for left over food - "sarnies" | | Casey | leather football | | Brew | steep slope esp.for carters - or Dole Office | | High Rip | gang of women who used to rob sailors | | Exey cosher | newspaper street sellor |
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