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Gone for a Burton is slang for missing, broken.Gone for a Burton was British RAF slang for dead, shot−down.
Rent
Burton−on−Trent is London Cockney rhyming slang for rent. Burton−on−Trent is London Cockney rhyming slang for went.
Richard Burton is London Cockney rhyming slang for curtain.
Go for a burton is British slang for to be broken, useless, or lost; to die.
Educated blacks. Refers to Levar Burton of "Reading Rainbow" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" fame.
Noun. See 'go for a burton'.
Rent. They've raised my burton again.
Curtains
Lace curtain is slang for foreskin.Lace curtain is London Cockney rhyming slang for Burton beer.Lace curtain is British slang for beer.
I heard a woman on PBS's face The Nation discussing slang and "The Full Monty" was discussed. As an ex-Brit I understood it to refer to the full English breakfast that General Montgomery insisted upon daily, hence The Full... However she said that it came from a suit called a Montague which has three pieces and all the bells and whistles. Never heard of such a thing. What I do know is that Montague Burton is the largest chain of tailors in the UK. At the end of WW II and beyond, people leaving the armed services were given a week's pay and a voucher to take to Burtons for a new suit. Gradually the term "Going For a Burton" became synonymous with leaving, departing, and then evolved into dying as a result of an air crash or any other type of accent. It became very common with the National Servicemen (Draftees) of the 50's and 60's. It seems to have stayed with those generations. (ed: added verbatim - well done!)
Verb phrs. 1. To break or become inoperative. Originally meaning dead or lost in action, from the RAF during the Second World War. The etymology is unproven although there are various speculations, including a connection with an advertising poster campaign for a beer of the period, namely Burtons. Most likely to be heard in the past sense, as 'gone for a burton'. E.g."I'm afraid we can't watch the football match tonight, my TV's gone for a burton." [1940s] 2. To fall over. E.g."I went for a burton and bruised my arms."
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A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part.
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