The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #142884 Message #3296104
Posted By: Will Fly
25-Jan-12 - 12:27 PM
Thread Name: Champion at Keeping them Rolling
Subject: RE: Champion at Keeping them Rolling
I think several types of people used the word 'polone' - the young gangster Pinky uses it in Graham Greene's "Brighton Rock". I also thought it came from the Polari slang.