Taken from: The Slang Dictionary, John Camden Hotten, London, 1913 (available for free on Project Gutenberg.org)
10 Antique Slang Terms I Learnt This Week
Taken from: The Slang Dictionary, John Camden Hotten, London, 1913 (available for free on Project Gutenberg.org)
Am I Reading Too Much into This? 
I can remember from schooldays the expression “you’re gonna get a bunch of fives” – meaning a punch in the face, or a “knuckle-sandwich”, or a “punch in the snotter” (punch in the nose).
“Beef-headed” … similar, there was “Pig-headed” – someone thick and stubborn.
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I remember knuckle-sandwich and pig headed too, but I can’t remember if I heard them in movies or in real life 😂
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Good point! Have our lives at last become a blur of reality and movies? 😂
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In my case, I think so 😳
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I learned so much (on a Sunday!). In Germany, picture this one: smells like graveyard (a common saying, before a fist hits your face
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