#black country
25 words tagged “black country”
The street. Literally the 'horse road' — the bit where the traffic goes.
The ash-hole — the pit under the grate where the coal ash falls.
Black Country word for sherbet powder.
A bank or hillside — a slope, usually a steep one.
Starving, properly hungry.
Black Country greeting — 'how are you?'
A jumper. Knitted, woolly, probably itchy.
Skiving school. Bunking off.
Home. As in goin' wum after a long shift.
Brummie for hands, usually big rough ones.
Brummie / Black Country for head.
A broom — the proper twiggy old-school besom kind.
Rough in play — boisterous to the point of someone getting hurt.
Mild Black Country insult — an idiot.
Black Country for food, especially good food.
A clumsy, lumbering person — all elbows and no grace.
Thick-headed, stupid.
A simpleton, a fool.
A motor coach — the kind you book for a works outing or a day at the seaside.
An ear — pin yours back and listen.
Frightened, scared.
A meadow. A grassy field for cows, kids or kicking a ball about.
A mongrel dog. The scruffy mutt down the entry.
Silly, daft.
Left-handed (Brummie/Black Country).