storm and stripes:

Australian rhyming slang for a wife . See wife for synonyms.

Quote: Joe Adams (Cary Grant) explaining jingle talk , Australian slang, to Dorothy Bryant (Laraine Day) in Mr. Lucky (1943): ' So, the Crunk and me are sitting in this coffee joint when in comes a pot-and-pan with his cheese-and-kisses . (...) Pipe an eyesick at the I-suppose at that guy's storm and stripes in the tommy horner .' Translation: Look at the nose on that guy's wife in the corner .

See Also: cheese and kisses

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