aqueduct
before possibly from Afore
again
as in belly ache, stomach ache
eat
ask
against, next to, eg "The housen anunst hisen"
Yes as in "Ar I am"
haven't or isn't.

 
Baby from the Anglo Saxon Babben
backwards
a truce. Sometimes "Arley-Barly" is used. (Possibly a corruption from the French "Parlez" to talk?)
West Bromwich Albion Football Club (not a very good one!)
am not, eg "I bay gooin' ter tell yow agen"
Belly, stomach
puzzle, bemuse
A silly person
Daft, silly
hinder or confuse. Probably from Balk
am not
a broom of birch
A pebble
been, have been
are, eg "how bist yow?" = How are you?
aren't, opposite of Bist. eg "Bisn't gooin up the shaps?" for "You're not going up the shops?"
to talk idly
Black Beetle
Balloon
cry - from "the bleating of sheep"
to talk nonsense or talk incessantly. "Blether yed" “blether Head” - someone who talks nonesense, a fool.
blabbermouth eg "'Ers a right blobmouth. Tell 'er terday, the world knows tomorrer"
crying, eg "Ar kids blubren agen"
Any large moth
hinder
the head
bank or small hill. Pitbonk (hill made from mine waste)
broken or burst, past tense Bosted
something big or possibly something good
Meaning "very good indeed" eg "We 'ad a bostin time" or "Ers a bostin wench"

A very large recepticle like a skip
Breakfast
Birmingham
bonfire
Bus

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Mouth "Shut yer cake-hole"
left-handed
Bad or rotting meat
talking or gossiping
gossip(ing)
hasty wash
cannot, eg "I cor goo the'er terday"
Pork
mouth or cheeks
chimney
Pleased
Throw
chicken, fowl (children's word) also Chooky Egg
grumble under one's breath
uvula, eg "Just stop yer clack"
idiot, fool. "Yo' daft clarnet!"
Clean
starved or hungry
clothes or possibly to hit someone
climb
mate, friend
a smack
a poor job, eg "He's made a right codge of it"
Thick Sandwich (variation on Noggin)
joking, kidding, eg "Goo on, yum coddin me"
could you ?, also negative "thee coosnt"
coat
courting
can't
a good punch
can you?, also negative "I cosn't" - I cannot
have no cotter with 'im (have nothing to do with him)
fun, entertainment
crop of a bird, as in "that sticks in my craw" - I cannot believe it
huddle together

crunch
a cough
canal
to huddle together, Cuddling

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Daub, smear
Dare not
did not, eg "I day see 'im comin"
dare say, very likely
cup of tea
meaning to shiver with cold, or to hesitate.
to stop or hold back wages
do not, reply to question "I doe"
large quantity, usually of food
hand (children's word) Possibly a corruption from the French "Donnez" to give.
down, soft hair on the face
drop
evade, dodge
Do, as in "What dun yo want?"

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Fireplace. I think this may be a corruption of 'ash hole'

Black Country dish made from pig's organs, onion, sage, bread crumbs
Face
Father
Cigarettes
excellent condition
Food, victuals
the Face
fleas
Cinema
Catapult usually made from elastic (rubber) bands
Fold or enclosure. A back yard to a house
First : When children were playing games the first child to shout out Foggy
Went first/had first pick, then the next child would have to shout out Secky.
Forehead
Irritable, particularly fretful children
Frightened, eg "doe be frit"
Dishevelled
First

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master, employer, perhaps husband
Cotton Wool. From its inventor Dr. Samuel Gamgee, who originally called it "gamgee-tissue." Dr. Gamgee  was born in Birmingham.
playing the fool
lame
Umbrella (after a Dickensian character named Mrs Gamp who always carried a large black umbrella)
guernsey, jumper, cardigan
Go on
a simpleton
an ill dressed person, or to stare, eg "Who am yow gawkin' at ?"
open mouthed, staring
a cinder.
to spit, or the mouth itself, eg "Shut yer gob" or "'Er's got a right gob on 'er"
Mouth Organ/Harmonica
go, eg "Am yow gooin' ter the flics?" = Are you going to the Pictures? (Cinema)
"To suck a boiled sweet and rattle it in ones teeth" for example "...'ark at 'er,   ers 'avin a grate with that sweet - graunchin' it."

something big, eg "It's a real haiver"
The street. "Get out the hoss road!" = Get out of the way!
a brick

hesitate, eg "Stop yer ivverin' an' ovverin' an' get on wi'it"

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Early morning. ‘He was out cootin till jack squalin hour’
death (dead)
brief moment, eg "E woe be a jiffy"
suspicious, dubious

Sherbet powder (confectionery)
Drunk
Key
the lining around a faggot
Kettle
catch
the face

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To beat or thrash, eg "Ee giv' 'im a right lampin'
Also to beat or thrash, eg "Ee giv' 'im a right larrupin'"
upset or excited as "In a bit of a lather"
little
as soon as
laugh
clumsy, lumbering, eg "Yow big lommock"
common term of endearment to children - m'lover
Ear or ear hole Lungeous        

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to make wild, annoy
matron (of a hospital)
hands
to chew carefully (as with no teeth)
Faces as in Pullin' maygrums = Pulling faces.
Rubbish heap or dustbins (garbage bin) From the Anglo-Saxon for dung
to idle about in a bored fashion or search
confusion, eg "All of a mucker" can also mean a mate as in "me old mucker"
must
meaning an acquaintance eg What yo looking at mush?
the face
to bother, to irritate, or be irritated by

none, not one
neither
tidy, neat
to find fault in insignificant things
known, eg "I've nowd 'im for 'ears"
stupid
thick piece of bread or the head
new
"Hav yo no nous?" meaning are you dumb or have no intelligence
nurse, eg Nit Nuss (checked school children for head-lice)
 

awkward
old, eg "Th' ode lad" - the devil
push, eg "Odge up" - move up a bit
ail making machine, actually the word is from Oliver a spring loaded tilt hammer)
hammer
hand

Woman of ill repute, whore
would
woman
will you
Apple
horse
hold, eg "Ketch ote on it" - take hold of it
in that way
in this way
how
how're you?
How are you?
my husband, my son, my daughter, often used by women to denote member of family

Beat as in I'll give yo' a pailin'
Silly, daft as in "Yo' pie-can"
Slice of bread or a sandwich, often spread with jam or dripping
Crumpet
Spitful
to push in when queuing
PPan, as in saucepan
sick, ill. 'Ers proper poorly
pick, as in pick up
purse
A fall as in "cum a purler" fall down

Off, as in food gone bad or dirty as in "Your hands are reasty".
Raining
Dirty or unclean

heavy, as in bread that does not rise.
stupid, soft (in the head)
Shortened version of "this afternoon." eg. See ya this safta.
sated, glutted remains left after rendering lard
Ceiling as in "up on the sailin"
seat
To beat up as in fight
To have a good scratch
Black Country delicacy - pork rind deep fried