(slang, dated, Irish) To be over the moon, to be very happy.
(slang, dated, Irish) To be over the moon, to be very happy.
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(idiomatic, UK) To look very disappointed.
(slang, British, dated) Sixpence coin.
Sixpence or a small amount of money.
A delightfully obscure piece of old British slang for a sixpence — the small silver coin worth six old pennies that circulated until decimalisation in 1971. The origin of the phrase is debated, but it fits into a long tradition of British rhyming and whimsical slang for coins. A sow's baby might have been humorous shorthand born from the pig's associations with small, round, pink things — though the exact logic of Victorian and Georgian slang rarely needs to be airtight to stick.
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(UK, Irish, mostly, derogatory) Very cheap.