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13th August 2006, 09:47

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Re: Need help with British slang...

I remember this one from my own childhood. I've always understood that it could be used to mean 'spare, surplus to requirements' but also in a derogatory sense as 'rubbish', which is more likely to be the meaning in this context.

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