2006-09-14 09:45:50 · 21 answers · asked by Paul C 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The use of "kettle" to mean "watch" first appeared in the argot of thieves in the 19th century, and apparently first referred to the large pocket watches popular at that time. The shape and heavy metal construction of old pocket watches makes likening them to kettles only a slight stretch, and a thief specializing in watches was known in the early 20th century as a "kettle banger."
2006-09-14 09:48:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Slang For Wrist Watch
2017-01-15 06:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by morganti 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a kettle is a watch.
a tin kettle is a silver watch
a red kettle is a gold watch
inslang it's the words " to-tick "backwards
kitot deriv. kettle
2006-09-14 10:00:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in all English slang - they wouldn't have the first idea what you were talking about in Newcastle. This is specifically Cockney rhyming slang, the lingua franca of London's east end.
2006-09-14 23:48:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
so if a stranger asks me the time and i tell them sorry i dont know me kettle stopped you promise i wont get taken away wearing one of those nice white jackets with the extra long sleeves
2006-09-14 22:22:04 · answer #5 · answered by keny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A watched kettle never boils... is all I know.
2006-09-14 09:59:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
from kettle and hob = fob = watch
2006-09-14 09:53:26 · answer #7 · answered by Jane S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see that it is.
2006-09-14 09:48:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cockney slang
kettle & hob = fob (watch)
2006-09-14 09:48:33 · answer #9 · answered by daisymay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because a car is called a a book.
2006-09-15 09:23:41 · answer #10 · answered by davis d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋