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tealeaf; tea-leaf
noun- a thief UK, 1903
Rhyming slang. - To make things worse, he said, one “diddy” [gypsy] was a “tealeaf” who “scarpered Joh Orderley” [left in a hurry] when the “bogeys” [police] came round[.] — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 30, 1953
- — The (Sydney) Bulletin, 26 April 1975
- No wonder Sir Keith Joseph’s always on about law ‘n’ order, Terry. Everywhere you go there’s tea-leafs. — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 61, 1984
- Ain’t leavin’ it in ‘ere. Place is crawlin’ with tea-leaves. — Chris Baker and Andrew Day, Lock, Stock... & One Big Bullock, p. 345, 2000
- a small penis JAMAICA, 2002
A small, limp, black visual metaphor.
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