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  1. Peaky Blinders - WordReference Forums

    Mar 11, 2015 · Birmingham historian Carl Chinn believes the name is actually a reference to the gang's sartorial elegance. He says the popular usage of "peaky" at the time referred to any flat …

  2. Bit peaky - WordReference Forums

    Jan 20, 2014 · There is a relationship between peaky and peckish, but it's pretty far-flung. Both can be traced back to pic , and Old English word meaning a pike or pickaxe. 1.

  3. To look peaky and to look poorly - WordReference Forums

    Jan 29, 2006 · Peaky is a bit different: weak, under the weather, but not necessarily ill. You can feel peaky after a heavy night on the town, or if you've not had enough sleep: you're not …

  4. Linda is up the swanny | WordReference Forums

    Feb 10, 2018 · Hi, in Peaky Blinders, Arthur Shelby says: “Linda is up the swanny. I’m gonna be a fucking dad.” I guess to be up the swanny is to be pregnant but no dictionary gives me a clue. …

  5. Peeky - Meaning of adjective | WordReference Forums

    Jul 13, 2007 · I think you are absolutely right and "peeky" should have been "peaky", as in "I feel peaky" or "to look peaky" (= tired, off colour, out of sorts). So it is only a coincidence that I …

  6. on the bank of the cut | WordReference Forums

    Jan 11, 2021 · Yo' lot doe seem ter understond as Peaky Blinders began in Brummagem an' it wuz filmed on the bonks o' the cut at the Black Country Museum in Dudley. Nobody doe say …

  7. What a waste - WordReference Forums

    Aug 24, 2021 · In the Peaky Blinders example, the bartender's comment clearly means that the horse's life was wasted when Tom had to kill the horse because it got a hoof infection. This is …

  8. Live and spent bullet | WordReference Forums

    May 10, 2020 · "Doctor said you took four bullets. Only one was live, one was ricochet... Two were already spent. Peaky Blinders S04E02 Only one was live Two were already spent What …

  9. flat / apartment | WordReference Forums

    Dec 31, 2024 · Si je comprends bien, le mot français appartement est apartment en anglais nord-américain, de mon côté de la mer, et flat en anglais britannique. Mais en regardant la série …

  10. I don't speak English vs. I can't speak English - WordReference …

    Oct 20, 2017 · If you are not good at speaking English (speak only limited English), which sentence is correct to say? I don't speak English vs. I can't speak English -> what are the …