So.......What are Cor Blimey Trousers?!?!
Question:
So.......What are Cor Blimey Trousers?!?
As in.....
My old mans a dustman, 'e wears a dustmans 'at,
He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat!!
and when can I get a pair?!
Answers:
My mother's a Cockney and she offered the following.
Cor Blimey trousers were commonly worn by dustmen (as in the song) and coal merchants. They are tousers of courderoy (sometimes moleskin) - very baggy and are tied just below the knee with string or rope. Which of course begs a further question - why are Cor Blimey trousers tied below the knee?
Cor Blimey is the East End equivalent of saying wtf or cool these days. It covers a multitude of expressions or exclamations including things like, "Bleedin' 'ell!", "Wow!", "Well stone the crows!" and "Impressive!"
Oh, and for viewers of DeadEnders, it doesn't mean "SOORTIDD!!"