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Black Country dialect

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Use the alphabet links below to have a look at a selection of words that typify the Black Country accent.

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Black Country word

Meaning


C
Caerke'ole	Mouth
Carma	Caldmore (in Walsall)
Caw	Can't
Caggy'anded	Left handed
Cagmag	"Derogatory term for various things" (contributor; Kelvin Pearce)
Chate	A cheat, to cheat
Cherf	Scold
Chobble	To chew food
Chow-row	Music / noise
Chuckin	Throwing
Chuffed	Happy
Clack	The dangly bit at the back of the throat
Clattering the crocks	Washing dishes
Clammed	Cold or Hungry/starving
Clarnit	Daft person
Clobber	Clothes, and to hit
Clock	Face; as in, "it bost 'is clock", It hit him in the face
Cock (or Cocker)	An affectionate term; 'Ow am ya, cock?'
Collywobbles	Feeling unwell "Bin yow got the collywobbles?"
Conk	Nose
Coot	Coat
Cor	Cannot
Crerta	Whisky
Cuffy	Scruff
Cut	Canal


D
Dae	Didn't
Dae'alf	Did
Donkey ears	Long time
Donny	Hand
Doolally	Insane
Doobin	Wheelbarrow
Darlo	Darlaston
Dout the light	Turn off the light
Dowen	Down
Duwer	Door

E
'E	He
'Ears	Years
'Er	Her / she
Es	also

F
Faggits un Pays	Faggots and Peas
Fairce	Face
Famished	Hungry
Ferk	A Cigarette
Ferriting	Try to find something
Fertha	Father, dad
Fenague	Verb. To give up on something. "Eat up your dinner, you're not fenaguing are you?" or "I thought your son was going to climb the hill. No he fenagued." (Submitted by Paul Turton)
Fickle	Food
Filch	Steal
Firkle	To mess about with
Fit as a butchers dog	Extremely fit
Fittle	Food
Fizzog	Face
Franzy	Grumpy
Flerta	Catapult
Foad	Back Yard
Fortnit	Two week period
Fower	Four
Fust	First

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