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keep your hair on - a phrase meaning "keep calm".

keep your pecker up - meaning "stay positive", "look on the bright side" etc.

kettle (and hob) - Rhyming Slang for 'fob' (watch or wristwatch). This term can apparently be heard in the TV series 'Minder' but is not often used today.

khazi - lavatory (From the Indian).

khyber pass - Rhyming Slang for arse.

kick it off - start a fight. e.g.. "There was a real bad atmosphere down the boozer, I was sure that nutter was gonna kick it off".

kip - sleep. e.g.. "I could really do with a kip".

knackered - exhausted, especially after sex (derived from the word describing an old horse). Sometimes shortened to 'knacked'. Can also be used for something broken.

knackers - testicles.

knees-up - party, normally with dancing. i.e.. Putting one's knee's up in a dancing movement.

knocking shop - brothel.

knock up - to get someone pregnant or to wake someone up. examples - "I erd she got knocked up by some geezer from dahn the chippy", "I'm gonna have a lie in, knock me up when your ready".

kosher - legitimate, honest. From the Jewish meaning of kosher (acceptable to Jewish dietary laws).

kraut - person of German origin.

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