Plates of meat

phr.

Heard in Dublin

Rhyming slang for feet.

In use

Lift yer plates of meat til I hoover the floor.

Posh English

Kindly elevate your feet until I have finished vacuuming the floor.

  • PlatesAbbreviation of 'plates of meat', rhyming slang for feet.
  • Meat pattieA savoury potato pie containing minced meat, traditionally sold in chip shops around Cork.
  • The platesOne's wife or female partner.
  • Meat cakeA burger served without a bun from a chip shop.
  • Meat wagonAn armoured police vehicle.
  • More meat on a butcher's pencilDescription of a very thin person. Also: Description of someone very skinny.