"Shut yer cake 'ole"
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Cockle
Meaning: as in cockle over, cockle over your tail - to fall over or to
do a forward roll
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Cale/Kale
Meaning: One's 'turn', or position in a queue, or on a rota, as in - 'Wi
wor' theer early, an' geet fust cale'. Cale can also be used as a verb,
as in - 'Hi thowt hi wor gooin' t' gerr in front o' mi, burr Ah caled
him'.
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Crompy
Meaning: Out of sorts, ill at ease, unable to rest, as in 'Ah cuddent
settle to owt last neet. Ah wor feelin' reyght crompy'
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Crumper
Meaning:An extremely large person, animal or article, as in 'Tha should
see that dog o' Jemmy's. It's a crumper'.
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Chowf
Meaning: The face, as in: 'Stop pooin' thi chowf' (Stop pulling your face).
Once widely used in the Billinge area, between Wigan and St Helens
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Clemmed
Meaning: thirsty "A'm fer clemmed." I'm very thirsty
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Chauve/Chorve
Meaning: This is a Wigan word that I've never heard anywhere else in the
country. To chauve/chorve (not sure on the spelling) means to annoy or
irritate, to be a chorve is to be annoying or irritating but it also means
to annoy in a really cheesy way. A typical wigan sentance would be "you're
a dead bad chorve you". which means "One is most annoying old
chap".
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Coroporation Pop
Meaning: water from tap
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Cuddywifted
Meaning: left-handed
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Crackin flags
Meaning: very hot weather
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Clemt
Meaning: cold/hungry
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Copit
Meaning: get in trouble. "If mum finds out yerst coppit"
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Childer
Meaning: my mother uses 'childer' instead of children - a very old form
of the plural
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Cob
Meaning:
Unusual or strange.
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Clemped
Meaning:
starving/ thirsty
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Coyts
Meaning: the name we used for the roof of the outside lavvy and coal shed.
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Chuffed
Meaning: Pleased. "I'm well chuffed"
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Cock
Meaning: meaning 'dear' or 'love' - "Cheers, cock"
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Chuck
Meaning: throw
