billy-cocks

Updated: May 14, 2025

'Sam, she says to me, 'we got a rise, and we must act up to it. 'Right you are, I says; 'but how are you goin' to start? 'Well, she says, 'the first thing you've got to do is to leave off wearing billy-cocks on Sundays and buy a box-hat, 'Polished 'ats, I says, 'is for polished 'eads, and mine was ordered plain, 'If there's no polish on your 'ead, says she, 'that's a reason for having some on your 'at.

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