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In The Sweeney... Palmers/Parmers ?

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amac | 12:17 Wed 25th Nov 2009 | Phrases & Sayings
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A Cabbie is speaking to Carter about what he finds in the back of his cab .."....10 pairs of palmers.. "
or parmers ? Carter quizes? Parmers? Cabbie replies Parmers Doors, draws - ie meaning ladies pants
? anyone know anything about this one?

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It's cockney rhyming slang.
12:21 Wed 25th Nov 2009
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sure but what were/are parmers draws ?
16:59 Wed 25th Nov 2009
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Farmers doors....drawers?
I think the writers of The Sweeney might have invented a bit of rhyming slang. I've never seen 'farmers' used anywhere else.
17:05 Wed 25th Nov 2009
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The only refernce I know to "Farmers" in rhyming slang is Farmer Giles = Piles.
10:57 Thu 26th Nov 2009
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This could come from the prize awarded at the Cannes film festival, the palm d'Or.
d'Or rhymes with drawer and in cockney tradition the palm becomes pluralised-palmers.
11:12 Thu 26th Nov 2009
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ok - sounds feasible - thanks all for feedback
16:37 Thu 26th Nov 2009
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Drawers are not only ladies pants ...but very large ladies pants...i guess as large as a drawer?
02:11 Wed 09th Dec 2009

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