What are Cor Blimey Trousers?!?
My mother’s a Cockney and she offered the following. Cor Blimey trousers were commonly worn by dustmen (as in the song) and coal merchants. They are tousers of courderoy (sometimes moleskin) – very baggy and are tied just below the knee with string or rope. Which of course begs a further question – why are Cor Blimey trousers tied below the knee? Cor Blimey is the East End equivalent of saying wtf or cool these days. It covers a multitude of expressions or exclamations including things like, “Bleedin’ ‘ell!”, “Wow!”, “Well stone the crows!” and “Impressive!” Oh, and for viewers of DeadEnders, it doesn’t mean “SOORTIDD!!
