A Hartlepool Dictionary
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A HARTLEPOOL DICTIONARY
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Aye-ah! = the noise you make when you stub your toe or touch something hot
Bewer = an attractive (but not particularly elegant) young woman
Blaked = completely, hopelessly drunk
Clammin' = wanting something really badly - 'ah'm clammin' for a pint, me like'
Croggy = a ride on a bicycle pedalled by someone else
Dut = a knitted hat
Netty = a lavatory bowl
Ow-ee! = come on, move yourself! (compare with the Wearside 'haway!')
Palatic = another word for drunk (probably a corruption of paralytic)
Pikelet = a crumpet
Scallion = a spring onion
Shan = of very poor quality
Spelk = a wooden splinter, the kind that might make you go 'aye-ah!"