Why Are Spectacles Called Bins?
On the Subject of 'Bins' This Expression Is the Cockney Rhyming Slang for Glasses, as in Reading Glasses, So If Someone Is Having Trouble Looking up a Number...
On the subject of 'bins' this expression is the cockney rhyming slang for glasses, as in reading glasses, so if someone is having trouble looking up a number in a telephone book you might say put on your 'bins'.
What is bin lid slang for?
Bin Lids is Cockney slang for Kids.
Why are spectacles called Giggs?
Gigs travelling at night would normally carry two oil lamps with thick glass, known as gig-lamps. This caused the formerly common slang word "giglamps" for "spectacles".
James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.
