Plates

n.

Heard in Dublin

Abbreviation of 'plates of meat', rhyming slang for feet.

In use

..Some Peggy Dell off your plates man.

Posh English

One should remove those rather weary feet of yours, my good man.

  • Plates of meatRhyming slang for feet.
  • The platesOne's wife or female partner.
  • PressA cupboard. One puts delph (plates, cups and saucers) in a press.
  • Crows feetPutting the feet up and relaxing.
  • Meat pattieA savoury potato pie containing minced meat, traditionally sold in chip shops around Cork.
  • ButchersAbbreviation of butchers hook, rhyming slang for look.