单词 | on the mazel |
释义 | > as lemmason the mazel (and brocha) 2. British slang. on the mazel (and brocha) and variants: = on the knocker at knocker n. 2e. ΚΠ 1960 J. Franklyn Dict. Rhyming Slang 97/1 Mozzle and brocha, on the knocker. 20 c. Generally ‘on the mozzle and brocha’... The term is not very common, and may have originated on a Cockney member of the profession having overheard Jewish members exchanging greetings and compliments. 1973 B. Aylwin Load of Cockney Cobblers 38 Mozzle and Brocha, on the knocker (door to door). Yiddish. 1992 R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit 128 Mozzle and Brocha, knocker. The knocker in question is the door knocker, to be on which is the trade of the door-to-door salesman. This was the original meaning of the term but to be ‘on the mozzle’ now lends itself to borrowing, a neighbour for instance may be on it for a cup of sugar. < as lemmas |
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