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Short of a sheet

idiom
Slang Cockney rhyming slang · East London

in the street

Origin

Implying a situation of penury and hence the lack of a bed.

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    Mozzle and brocha

    [Cockney slang]on the knocker

    Yiddish words for good luck and good health respectively, referring to the occupation ofdoor-to-door salesman (these are two of his six requirements, the other four being: good looks, temper, voice and manners).

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