When a man gets out his "Drum"...What is he going to do with it? (Originally an English thing)
Only clue on this I'd say it's a middle-aged possibly working class thing .
Worth including on your quiz night questions
Note As always UK members? Give our overseas members first go on this +++++++++++++ 08-28-06, 02:04 AM FredPuli And, as always, this British member hasn't the faintest idea and has never heard of this ! Big Grin(Is it a Lancashire term? ) The only colloquial or slang 'drum' down here is for a house. To 'spin the drum' is to search a house. That's an expression used by older London criminals, particularly burglars, and policemen.
08-28-06, 05:40 AM Karrow Fred, I was born and bred in Lancashire and don't know the answer. Like you, I've heard of drum being the slang for house, but I can't see that being the answer to bedstor's question from the way he's phrased it.
08-28-06, 07:54 PM bedstor Sorry about the late reply
Fred If I meant it as being a Dwelling. I have put it: "in his Drum" and No its not slang or from "OOP North!" when I looked it was elsewhere as well Smile Clue... Look carefully at my posting there is a pointer that may lead you to the answer Wink
08-29-06, 02:53 AM FredPuli According to one source British Slang by Ray Puxley [2004] an old military term for a knife is pronounced 'drummond' though it is really 'drum and' from 'drum and fife'.So is this it?
The author says that Londoners' 'drum' was originally their slang for a street or road and is from Romany drom. It later became their word for a dwelling be it house, flat or room.
08-29-06, 08:45 AM aminator2002 Drum is a type of rolling tobacco here.
08-29-06, 09:12 AM bedstor
quote: Originally posted by aminator2002: Drum is a type of rolling tobacco here.
08-29-06, 02:43 PM Jenny Roberts Never heard of it Bedstor!
08-29-06, 02:50 PM FredPuli
quote: Originally posted by Jenny Roberts: Never heard of it Bedstor!
Nor me ! Never seen it on sale or being used around here though you'll find Golden Virginia everywhere (including in tobacconists in Antibes).
Bedstor, you must know a more select and discerning working-class than we do Big Grin
08-29-06, 05:42 PM Karrow
quote: Originally posted by FredPuli:
quote: Originally posted by Jenny Roberts: Never heard of it Bedstor!
Nor me ! Never seen it on sale or being used around here though you'll find Golden Virginia everywhere (including in tobacconists in Antibes).
Bedstor, you must know a more select and discerning working-class than we do Big Grin
I've never heard of it either!
I'm not sure why you asked UK members to let others answer bedstor - not that any of us had a clue! Judging by aminator's answer, Drum tobacco seems to be better known in the US than the UK. Or could it be that aminator is just so much more working class than Jenny, Fred and I? Big Grin
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08-29-06, 05:55 PM bedstor Fred and Jenny.. I had to take my tea break in Smoke rooms despite being a being a non smoker and would observe "Rollys" being made with Golden Virginia also occasionally Drum Note Could not take your drink on the Shop floor for Safety also security reasons or outside Going off topic slightly pity the poor soul who had to sit next to the dustbin full of cigarette ends also Tea dregs and it was emptied once in a blue moon Not a good memory (I was in that position several dozen times) Description of the smell is indescribable An or isn't halfway near it
Not a good memory (I was in that position several dozen times) Description of the smell is indescribable
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isn't halfway near it
