To: Shermy; MadIvan; Happygal; aculeus; general_re; BlueLancer; Poohbah; hellinahandcart
Cockney barrow boy spivsDeferring to others for Brit slang.
From what I've heard of floor-traders in commodities, the protesters were lucky not to have their hearts ripped out barehanded.
42 posted on
02/16/2005 7:42:33 PM PST by
dighton
To: dighton
Cockney barrow boy spivsBarrow boy = working class lad (similar, I believe, to pushcart vendors in lower East Side)> Spiv = thug (I think).
48 posted on
02/16/2005 7:52:14 PM PST by
aculeus
To: dighton
From what I've heard of floor-traders in commodities, the protesters were lucky not to have their hearts ripped out barehanded. Exactly. Those guys are young and loaded with testosterone. New York, Chicago, Tokyo, London ... ya gotta be a youth to handle that pressure.
83 posted on
02/17/2005 7:28:16 AM PST by
aculeus
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