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').
Bostin
-Good
A word used to describe something good.
Soople
-Supple / Flexible
Black Country pronunciation of 'supple'.
Thrape
-To thrash / Beat / Toil hard
Black Country term for thrashing, beating, or toiling.
Airk
-Ache
A Black Country term to describe an ache
Pisey
-Miserable / Whining / Irritable
Black Country term for miserable, whining, or irritable.
Nuss
-Nurse
A Black Country Term for the work nurse
Ooman
-Woman
Black Country pronunciation of 'woman'.
Marvin
-Hungary
A Black Country slang word used in place of hungry.
Clane
-Clean
Black Country pronunciation of 'clean'.