Re: Re: RARA-AVIS: Bird

From: Rene Ribic ( rribic@optusnet.com.au)
Date: 28 Apr 2002


> > dobbing for grassing (or peaching to use the archaic
> > english term!)
>
> I've never any of these three. What is this?
>
> G.
>
They all mean informing (as in "stool pigeon"). "Dobbing" is Australian, particularly used by kids but not exclusively, "grassing" is Cockney slang, at least originally & I think "peaching" is a more middle class Brit version.

Rene

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