bill cranny's definitions

brief

a lawyer

He refused to talk to the police until his brief arrived

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

Banged Up

imprisoned (origin, UK)

Alfie got banged up for a five stretch.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

bovver boy

cockney pron. for bother boy; a skinhead or other thuggish anti-social no-brain

This gang of bovver boys crashed the party and wrecked the place.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

drop kick (Australian slang)

a simpleton, a loser

That bloke's so slow he couldn't catch a cold. A total drop kick

by bill cranny December 16, 2003

minder

a muscle brain who defends/protects a criminal or shady operator from other criminals/shady operators and also does his employer's dirty work in general.

Smooth Arthur was defenceless when his minder got banged up for dishing out a little too much GBH.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

sent down

to be committed to prison

The judge said that in view of my past record he was going to send me down for a seven stretch.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003

wind-up merchant

a teaser, especially of gullible people

He's a real wind-up merchant, to him every day is April Fool's Day.

by Bill Cranny December 16, 2003