bubble and squeak n.2
1. a schoolmaster [beak n.1 (5)].
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 | R. Puxley co*ckney Rabbit. |
2. a magistrate [beak n.1 (1)].
| Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 143/1: late C.19–20. |
3. chatter, small talk [bubble (and squeak) v.].
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 | (con. c.1944) Kaplan & Smith One Last Look 82: Small Talk [...] Bubble and squeak. |
4. a Greek.
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| J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl. 44/1: bubble and squeak (1) Greek [...] In use before 1914. | |
 | R. Aven-Bray Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 19: Bubble and Squeak Greek. | |
 | I. Rankin Wolfman 69: ‘I’ve seen a lot of bubbles coming out of it.’ [...] ‘Bubble and squeak,’ he said. Then a pause. ‘Greeks, right?’. | |
| R. Puxley co*ckney Rabbit. | |
| M. Coles More Bible in co*ckney 101: His old man was a Bubble-and-squeak. | |
| D. MacShane Prison Diaries 359: Del tries to improve my rhyming slang knowledge. [...] I love ‘bubble and squeak’ for Greek. |
5. a creek.
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| E. Hill Territory 446: You take the drive-me-silly and go down to the bubble-and-squeak and get some mother-and-daughter, and I’ll light the Molly Maguire and we’ll have some Gypsy Lee. |
6. a week.
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| R. Barker Fletcher’s Book of Rhy. Sl. | |
| R. Puxley co*ckney Rabbit. | |
| B. Kirkpatrick Wicked co*ckney Rhy. Sl. |
7. (Aus.) an act of urination [ = leak n. (2)].
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| Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 bubble and squeak: a leak, to urinate. | |
| B. Dark Dirty co*ckney Rhy. Sl. |
