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Street Slang
flowery dell
FLOW-er-ee-DELL · noun · slang
Prison cell — 'the flowery'.
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Cockney rhyming slang for a prison 'cell', shortened to 'flowery'.
“He spent six months in the flowery dell for that job.”
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flowery dell In A Sentence
He spent six months in the flowery dell for that job.
Origin & Usage
'Dell' rhymes with 'cell'; long-standing prison slang.
Variants
flowery
People Also Ask
What does 'flowery dell' mean?
It's Cockney rhyming slang for a prison 'cell', usually shortened to 'the flowery'.
How do you use 'the flowery'?
You'd say someone did time 'in the flowery' to mean they were locked up in a prison cell.
Where does 'flowery dell' come from?
It's long-standing prison rhyming slang — 'dell' rhymes with 'cell'.
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