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For a swanky nicht oot, get a smert new tin flute an pit oan the paraffin. Rhymin slang is no jist for Londoners &ndash it haes been yaised in Glasgow fo mony a year. Paraffin ile, tae gie the hale o it, is rhymin slang for 'style'. Sae, if ye pit oan the paraffin, ye get aw dressed up in yer braws. (Tin flute is rhymin slang as weel. Can ye jalouse whit it micht mean?)


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