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| Black
Country word | Meaning |
| | | | G | | | Gab | Gossip | | Gaffa | Boss | | Gain | Meaning
the opposite of standard English 'ungainly'. "Someone
who walked with a limp would be described as being 'not very gain on his feet'.
Someone who was skilled at something would be described, for example, as 'a gain
chap'. These were expressions used by my father who came from Pensnett."
(contributor; Angela
Mocroft) | | Gannit | Greedy
eater | | Gawk | Look | | Gawp | Mouth
open | | Gel | Girl | | Gid | Given | | Gleeds | Embers
in a coal fire | | Gob | Mouth | | Goose
gog | A
gooseberry | | Gorrit | Got
it | | Grorty
Dick | Groaty
Pudding | | Guzzlin | Drinking
fast | | Gooin | Going | | Gizzit
ere | Give
it to me | | Gray
Pays un Baircon | Grey
Peas and Bacon, the traditional Black Country dish | | Grizzle | To
cry pathetically | | | | | H | | | Heavy | Good
or nice | | Hisn | His | | Hoss | Horse | | | | | I | | |
I guh ter Bloxwich | Well,
I never! (contributor; Denise Thwaites) | | Inklin | Hint | | 'Is | His | | | | | J | | | Jack
Squaler | Swift
(the bird) (contributor; Mark Round) | | Jammy | Lucky | | Jimmuckin | Shaking | | Jed | Dead | | | | | K | | | Kalied | (Kay
- lied) Drunk | | Kerfuffle | Fuss | | Ketch | Catch | | Kiddie | Kidderminster | |
Kite off (to) | To
run away |
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