noun General Slang

Plates Of Meat

/ˌpleɪts əv ˈmiːt/ · noun · slang

Cockney for feet — 'plates of meat' rhymes with feet, clipped to your 'plates'.

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Definitions

1

By extension, used of footsteps or where one is standing.

“I've been on my plates of meat all day at work.”
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2

Clipped to 'plates', the feet, especially when sore, big, or in the way.

“Get your plates off the seat.”
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3

The feet. 'Plates of meat' rhymes with 'feet', and is clipped to 'plates', dropping the rhyme.

“Mind my plates of meat, you clumsy article.”
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Plates Of Meat In A Sentence

My plates of meat are aching after that march.
Wipe your plates before you tread mud through the house.
He's got plates like canal boats, that lad.

Origin & Usage

Victorian East End rhyming slang on 'feet'; 'plates of meat' appears in nineteenth-century rhyming-slang collections and is among the best-documented body-part rhymes in the London tradition Hotten began recording in 1859.

Variants plates
Tags #cockney#rhyming#british#uk#body

People Also Ask

What does plates of meat mean?

It's Cockney rhyming slang for feet. 'Meat' rhymes with 'feet', shortened to 'plates'.

Where did plates of meat come from?

From Victorian-era East End speech; it's one of the oldest and best-recorded rhyming-slang terms for feet.

Is plates of meat still used?

Yes, 'plates' for feet survives well and is widely recognised even outside London.

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