Black Country Slang & Black Country Dialect.
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Tocky-bonk
-Pit bank / Spoil heap / Slag heap
'Tacky-bonk' or 'Tocky-bonk' are Black Country dialect terms for a pit bank, the spoil heap of waste material from a coal mine (a 'bonk').
Pail
-Pale (in colour) / Pail (bucket)
Black Country pronunciation of 'pale' or standard 'pail'.
Siken
-To sigh / To strain / To sob
Black Country term for sighing, straining, or sobbing.
Ooman
-Woman
Black Country pronunciation of 'woman'.
Maulers
-Hands or fists
Black Country slang for hands or fists.
Tizzicky
-Asthmatic / Wheezy / Short of breath / Irritable
Black Country term for asthmatic, wheezy, or irritable.
Swaits
-Spills / Splashes (of liquid)
Black Country term for spills or splashes.
Yoewer
-Your
A Black Country slang term for the word your.
Kaylied
-Drunk
A Black Country work used when someone is in intoxicated through drink.
Sate
-Seat
Black Country pronunciation of 'seat'.