noun General Slang

Dustbin Lids

/ˈdʌstbɪn lɪdz/ · noun · slang

Cockney for kids — 'dustbin lids' rhymes with kids, usually clipped to 'dustbins'.

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Definitions

1

Used generally for any gaggle of youngsters underfoot.

“There's a load of dustbins kicking a ball about in the road.”
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Children. 'Dustbin lids' rhymes with 'kids', and the phrase is commonly shortened to 'dustbins', the rhyme dropped in true Cockney style.

“The dustbins are driving me round the bend today.”
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3

One's own offspring, spoken with rough affection by East End parents.

“Got to get home and feed the dustbin lids.”
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Dustbin Lids In A Sentence

How are the dustbin lids getting on at school?
Can't come down the pub, I've got the dustbins all weekend.
She's got three dustbin lids under five, bless her.

Origin & Usage

Mid-twentieth-century East End rhyming slang built on the humble household dustbin, a fixture of pre-wheelie-bin London streets; it belongs to the family-and-home strand of Cockney coinage that grew up after the patter Hotten first catalogued in 1859.

Variants dustbinssaucepan lids
Tags #cockney#rhyming#british#uk#family

People Also Ask

What does dustbin lids mean?

It's Cockney rhyming slang for kids. 'Lids' rhymes with 'kids', and it's often shortened to just 'dustbins'.

Is there another rhyming slang for kids?

Yes — 'saucepan lids' is a common alternative, working the same rhyme on 'lids' and 'kids'.

Where did dustbin lids come from?

From everyday East End life, where the metal dustbin was a street fixture; the rhyme on 'kids' is a classic domestic coinage.

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