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| Black
Country word | Meaning |
| | | | O | | | Ode | Old | | Odebury | Oldbury | | Offal | Cheap
Meat | | 'Ommer
| Hammer
(As in "Gie it sum 'ommer ! ) | | On
yer bike! | Go
away | | 'Ond | Hand | | Op
'n' a catch | Now
and again | | 'Ospital | Hospital | | 'Ow
do | Hello | | Oss | Horse | | Oss
Road | Road | | Oppel
| Apple | | | | | P | | | Paces | Sandwiches
"Ave we paces" | | Paerstin | Beating | | Paes
| Peas | | Piece
of caerke | Easy | | Pinner | Pinafore | |
Platter | Item
made of china | | Puss
or Paerse | Purse | | Poke | A
stye on the eyelid | | Puddled | Daft,
crazy | | | | | R | | | Reisty | Dirty | | Riffy | Unclean | | Ronk | Horrible | | Rot | Rat | |
Rowed | Road | | Rucus | Brawl | | | | | S | | | Saddlers | Walsall
football club | | Saft | Daft | | Saft
as a biled taernip | Very
silly person | | 'sall
right | It's
fine | | Scurf | Dandruff | | Shaerty | Upset | | Shap | Shop | | Sharrabang | Coach,
bus | | Sharrap | Shut
up | | Scrumpin' | Stealing
(usually apples) | | Skinny | Tight
fisted/mean | |
Skivy |
A servant | | Slert | A
slate, or to criticize eg; " e day arf gee im a slertin'" | | Sling
yer 'ook! | Go
away! | | Smerrick | Smethwick | | Smashin' | Good | | Sozzled | Drunk | | Sponner | Spanner | | Sprog | Child | | Spug
| Chewing
Gum | | Spujerk | Sparrow | | Summat | Something | | Shed | Spilled | | Stick
wood in 'ole | Shut
the door | | Suck | Sweet | | Suf | Drain
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