noun General Slang

Kay-Rop

/ˈkeɪrɒp/ · noun · slang

Butchers' back-slang for 'pork' — 'pork' reversed and softened on the block.

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Definitions

1

Loosely, a pork meal or pork purchase.

“Sunday it's feeb, Monday cold kay-rop, that's how the week went.”
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2

Used between butchers to flag the cut, age or price of pork without the customer following.

“The kay-rop on the end's turning — sell it cheap and quick.”
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3

Pork. From 'pork' reversed and reshaped to 'kay-rop' (the 'k' sound spelled out), a staple of East End butchers' back-slang sitting alongside feeb (beef).

“Lovely bit of kay-rop here, crackling on that'll sing in the oven.”
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Kay-Rop In A Sentence

Two chops of kay-rop, wrapped, and don't skimp on the fat.
He kept the best kay-rop under the counter for the regulars.
Cheaper kay-rop than feeb most weeks, so that's what fed the street.

Origin & Usage

East End butchers' back-slang ('pork' reversed and adapted for pronunciation), part of the 'rechtub kelp' trade argot of 19th-century London, parallel to the costermonger back-slang documented by Mayhew (1851) and Hotten (1859).

Variants kayropkrop
Tags #cockney#back-slang#british#uk#butcher#food

People Also Ask

What does kay-rop mean?

It means pork — 'pork' reversed and softened in butchers' back-slang.

Why is it spelled 'kay-rop'?

Reversing 'pork' gives a hard initial sound that's easier to say as 'kay-rop', showing how back-slang adapts awkward reversals.

How does kay-rop relate to feeb?

Both are butchers' back-slang meat words: feeb is beef, kay-rop is pork, two staples of the trade.

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