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Thread #10188   Message #69352
Posted By: AndyG
09-Apr-99 - 06:39 AM
Thread Name: Colloquialisms- Post & Define 'Em! Fun!
Subject: RE: Colloquialisms- Post & Define 'Em! Fun!
alison,

poke - nope
slider - nope
but I'll hazard that your 99 is what in Manchister we would call a ninety-niner (99er).
An ice-cream, (cornet or wafer), with a flake (that's a chocolate bar, OK) stuck in it.

So would you buy all these things from an ice-cream van ?

AndyG