Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss
trollies for knickers
321 views
Skip to first unread message
fred
Oct 9, 2022, 7:51:25 AM10/9/22
to
Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions knickers as beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the connection. Anyone any ideas?
ARW
Oct 9, 2022, 8:04:27 AM10/9/22
to
On 09/10/2022 12:51, fred wrote:
> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions knickers as beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the connection. Anyone any ideas?
It's a word I have heard in South and West Yorkshire. Probably more to
> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions knickers as beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the connection. Anyone any ideas?
mean underpants than knickers up here.
Colin Bignell
Oct 9, 2022, 8:42:37 AM10/9/22
to
On 09/10/2022 12:51, fred wrote:
> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions knickers as beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the connection. Anyone any ideas?
Possibly a derivation of Cockney rhyming slang for trousers or breeches.
Trousers = bags = trolley wags = trolley.
Thought to have originated with costermongers to whom trolley wag may
have meant something in relation to the carts, or trolleys, they used.
--
Colin Bignell
Robin
Oct 9, 2022, 8:59:01 AM10/9/22
to
On 09/10/2022 12:51, fred wrote:
> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions knickers as beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the connection. Anyone any ideas?
The OED has it with that meaning in dialect and schoolgirl slang.
Possibly from trolly lace but also possibly from "trolley wags" (for
"bags" - ie trousers).
--
Robin
reply-to address is (intended to be) valid
JNugent
Oct 9, 2022, 9:22:01 AM10/9/22
to
JNugent
Oct 9, 2022, 10:16:22 AM10/9/22
to
Cursitor Doom
Oct 9, 2022, 12:42:12 PM10/9/22
to
On Sun, 9 Oct 2022 04:51:23 -0700 (PDT), fred <tpmc...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions knickers as beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the connection. Anyone any ideas?
I'm still not sure. I used the phrase, "Get yer trollies off" as a
pick up line to birds I fancied back in the day. Never worked though.
wrote:
>Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions knickers as beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the connection. Anyone any ideas?
pick up line to birds I fancied back in the day. Never worked though.
Kron
Oct 9, 2022, 2:00:13 PM10/9/22
to
On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 03:42:08 +1100, Cursitor Doom <c...@notformail.com>
wrote:
And still doesnt for you, that's why you had
to head off to the IoM and fuck the sheep..
wrote:
to head off to the IoM and fuck the sheep..
Peeler
Oct 9, 2022, 2:29:15 PM10/9/22
to
On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 05:00:06 +1100, Kron, better known as cantankerous
trolling senile geezer Rodent Speed, wrote:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin's latest trollshit unread>
--
Tim+ about trolling Rodent Speed:
He is by far the most persistent troll who seems to be able to get under the
skin of folk who really should know better. Since when did arguing with a
troll ever achieve anything (beyond giving the troll pleasure)?
MID: <1421057667.659518815.743...@news.individual.net>
trolling senile geezer Rodent Speed, wrote:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin's latest trollshit unread>
--
Tim+ about trolling Rodent Speed:
He is by far the most persistent troll who seems to be able to get under the
skin of folk who really should know better. Since when did arguing with a
troll ever achieve anything (beyond giving the troll pleasure)?
MID: <1421057667.659518815.743...@news.individual.net>
SteveW
Oct 9, 2022, 6:21:42 PM10/9/22
to
Brian Gaff
Oct 10, 2022, 3:34:43 AM10/10/22
to
Maybe the definition of a trolley has changed over the years like many have.
Back in the old days in the USA a trolley was like a cable car system where
the movement was via an under the road wire that trolleys clamped to to gain
traction
Before supermarkets, trolleys could be what you used to move suitcases
around and so it goes.
Brian
--
--:
This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from...
The Sofa of Brian Gaff...
bri...@blueyonder.co.uk
Blind user, so no pictures please
Note this Signature is meaningless.!
"fred" <tpmc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4935b956-15c4-4f54...@googlegroups.com...
Back in the old days in the USA a trolley was like a cable car system where
the movement was via an under the road wire that trolleys clamped to to gain
traction
Before supermarkets, trolleys could be what you used to move suitcases
around and so it goes.
Brian
--
--:
This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from...
The Sofa of Brian Gaff...
bri...@blueyonder.co.uk
Blind user, so no pictures please
Note this Signature is meaningless.!
"fred" <tpmc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4935b956-15c4-4f54...@googlegroups.com...
fred
Oct 10, 2022, 4:32:55 AM10/10/22
to
Peeler
Oct 10, 2022, 4:39:08 AM10/10/22
to
On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:34:37 +0100, Brainless & Daft, the TV-watching and
pity-baiting senile "blind" mole, blathered again:
> Maybe the definition of a trolley has changed over the years like many have.
> Back in the old days in the USA a trolley was like a cable car system where
> the movement was via an under the road wire that trolleys clamped to to gain
> traction
> Before supermarkets, trolleys could be what you used to move suitcases
> around and so it goes.
> Brainless & Daft
Pretending to be "blind" doesn't give you the right to bullshit constantly
about each and every topic, you disgusting handicapped cretin!
pity-baiting senile "blind" mole, blathered again:
> Maybe the definition of a trolley has changed over the years like many have.
> Back in the old days in the USA a trolley was like a cable car system where
> the movement was via an under the road wire that trolleys clamped to to gain
> traction
> Before supermarkets, trolleys could be what you used to move suitcases
> around and so it goes.
Pretending to be "blind" doesn't give you the right to bullshit constantly
about each and every topic, you disgusting handicapped cretin!
Rod Speed
Oct 10, 2022, 4:40:22 AM10/10/22
to
On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:34:37 +1100, Brian Gaff <brian...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Maybe the definition of a trolley has changed over the years like many
> have.
Nope, we have always had shopping trolleys even before supermarkets.
> Back in the old days in the USA a trolley was like a cable car system
> where
> the movement was via an under the road wire that trolleys clamped to to
> gain
> traction
That was just one use of that word.
> Before supermarkets, trolleys could be what you used to move suitcases
> around
And when going to the local corner shop run by Maggie Thatcher's parents.
> and so it goes.
wrote:
> Maybe the definition of a trolley has changed over the years like many
> have.
> Back in the old days in the USA a trolley was like a cable car system
> where
> the movement was via an under the road wire that trolleys clamped to to
> gain
> traction
> Before supermarkets, trolleys could be what you used to move suitcases
> around
> and so it goes.
Peeler
Oct 10, 2022, 5:04:22 AM10/10/22
to
On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 19:40:12 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin's latest trollshit unread>
--
dennis@home to retarded trolling senile Rodent:
"sod off rod you don't have a clue about anything."
Message-ID: <uV9lE.196195$cx5....@fx46.iad>
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin's latest trollshit unread>
--
"sod off rod you don't have a clue about anything."
Message-ID: <uV9lE.196195$cx5....@fx46.iad>
Max Demian
Oct 10, 2022, 6:06:08 AM10/10/22
to
On 10/10/2022 08:34, Brian Gaff wrote:
> Maybe the definition of a trolley has changed over the years like many have.
> Back in the old days in the USA a trolley was like a cable car system where
> the movement was via an under the road wire that trolleys clamped to to gain
> traction
I think those were (and are) called cable cars. Trolley cars (or
> Maybe the definition of a trolley has changed over the years like many have.
> Back in the old days in the USA a trolley was like a cable car system where
> the movement was via an under the road wire that trolleys clamped to to gain
> traction
trolleys) are what Americans call trams, running on rails and with
trolley bars picking up power from overhead lines. Americans use the
word tram to refer to cable cars suspended from overhead wires.
--
Max Demian
Bob Eager
Oct 10, 2022, 6:30:18 AM10/10/22
to
what my mum called trams.
--
My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub
wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message.
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
*lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor
billy bookcase
Oct 10, 2022, 7:34:40 AM10/10/22
to
> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions knickers as
> beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the connection. Anyone any ideas?
Mel(anie) Sykes referred to "trollies" in one of her Boddingtons (Cream of Manchester)
> beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the connection. Anyone any ideas?
beer ads
which first appeared on national TV in er, 1997.
bb
wrights...@f2s.com
Oct 10, 2022, 9:13:55 AM10/10/22
to
Bill
JNugent
Oct 10, 2022, 10:00:28 AM10/10/22
to
On 10/10/2022 09:32 am, fred wrote:
> On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 8:34:43 AM UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> Maybe the definition of a trolley has changed over the years like many have.
>> Back in the old days in the USA a trolley was like a cable car system where
>> the movement was via an under the road wire that trolleys clamped to to gain
>> traction
>> Before supermarkets, trolleys could be what you used to move suitcases
>> around and so it goes.
> On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 8:34:43 AM UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote:
>> Maybe the definition of a trolley has changed over the years like many have.
>> Back in the old days in the USA a trolley was like a cable car system where
>> the movement was via an under the road wire that trolleys clamped to to gain
>> traction
>> Before supermarkets, trolleys could be what you used to move suitcases
>> around and so it goes.
>> This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from...
>> The Sofa of Brian Gaff...
>> bri...@blueyonder.co.uk
>> Blind user, so no pictures please
>> Note this Signature is meaningless.!
>> The Sofa of Brian Gaff...
>> bri...@blueyonder.co.uk
>> Blind user, so no pictures please
>> Note this Signature is meaningless.!
>> "fred" <tpmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions knickers
>>> as beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the connection.
>>> Anyone any ideas?
>
> Thanks to all for the elucidation, especially the link to the Bodingtons ad
You are welcome.
>>> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions knickers
>>> as beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the connection.
>>> Anyone any ideas?
>
> Thanks to all for the elucidation, especially the link to the Bodingtons ad
David
Oct 10, 2022, 2:29:42 PM10/10/22
to
On Sun, 09 Oct 2022 04:51:23 -0700, fred wrote:
> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions
> knickers as being called trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the
> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions
> connection. Anyone any ideas?
In t'North trollies and keks were slang for trousers.
No idea why.
Cheers
Dave R
--
AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64
NY
Oct 10, 2022, 3:18:45 PM10/10/22
to
"SteveW" <st...@walker-family.me.uk> wrote in message
news:thvhfh$j3ph$3...@dont-email.me...
underpants. As in "he were that frightened he kacked his kecks".
news:thvhfh$j3ph$3...@dont-email.me...
> On 09/10/2022 13:04, ARW wrote:
>> On 09/10/2022 12:51, fred wrote:
>>> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions
>>> knickers as beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the
>>> connection. Anyone any ideas?
>>
>> It's a word I have heard in South and West Yorkshire. Probably more to
>> mean underpants than knickers up here.
In S/W Yorkshire, "kecks" (occasionally "kegs") is the more common term for
>> On 09/10/2022 12:51, fred wrote:
>>> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions
>>> knickers as beingcalled trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the
>>> connection. Anyone any ideas?
>>
>> It's a word I have heard in South and West Yorkshire. Probably more to
>> mean underpants than knickers up here.
underpants. As in "he were that frightened he kacked his kecks".
JNugent
Oct 10, 2022, 3:38:12 PM10/10/22
to
trousers. I don't remember any slang word for underpants.
The Other John
Oct 10, 2022, 5:27:30 PM10/10/22
to
On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:38:07 +0100, JNugent wrote:
> In Liverpool schools, 60+ years ago, "kecks" was the normal term for
> trousers. I don't remember any slang word for underpants.
When I was a nipper 70+ years ago down here in the sarf we called trousers
> In Liverpool schools, 60+ years ago, "kecks" was the normal term for
> trousers. I don't remember any slang word for underpants.
'trucks'.
--
TOJ.
Cursitor Doom
Oct 10, 2022, 5:46:47 PM10/10/22
to
The Natural Philosopher
Oct 11, 2022, 5:01:32 AM10/11/22
to
On 10/10/2022 19:29, David wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Oct 2022 04:51:23 -0700, fred wrote:
>
>> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions
>> knickers as being called trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the
>> connection. Anyone any ideas?
>
> In t'North trollies and keks were slang for trousers.
I think keks is a sort of manging of 'breeks' = scots for breeches
> On Sun, 09 Oct 2022 04:51:23 -0700, fred wrote:
>
>> Latest Kate Atkinson set in London post first world war mentions
>> knickers as being called trollies. I'm baffled by this. Cant see the
>> connection. Anyone any ideas?
>
> In t'North trollies and keks were slang for trousers.
>
> No idea why.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Dave R
>
--
Those who want slavery should have the grace to name it by its proper
> No idea why.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Dave R
>
--
name. They must face the full meaning of that which they are advocating
or condoning; the full, exact, specific meaning of collectivism, of its
logical implications, of the principles upon which it is based, and of
the ultimate consequences to which these principles will lead. They must
face it, then decide whether this is what they want or not.
Ayn Rand.
0 new messages