Teddiesall

[mO_ok]

Hello,

I have a query regarding 'Gently by the Shore' by Alan Hunter. Here cockney officer Dutt sums up his and Gently's stay in Starmouth:

‘We comes here on the Friday night to meet a stiff what nobody don’t know about and by Tuesday tea-time we got the two geezers what done it, busted up a lot of
bolshies and run in a sample of ponces and Teddiesall in a long weekend, you might say.’

I suspect this might be a reference to the Teddy boy suits some charcters were wearing but just want to make sure. What do you think?

 

[Keith Bradford]

There's something missing, a dash perhaps.

"and run in a sample of ponces and Teddies - all in a long weekend, you might say."

Yes indeed, Teddies are Teddy-boys.

 

[Gérard Napalinex]

What if a space was missing between Teddies and all ?

Edit: Keith was faster

 

[mO_ok]

As always, I have copy-pasted it from the original pdf...

Well, it wouldn't be the first typo in this text... Thank you very much for figuring this out!^_^

 

[Andygc]

As always, I have copy-pasted it from the original pdf...

No. You have copy-pasted it from a pirated version of the original text. It's not been published as a pdf. That's why the text contains errors.

 

[mO_ok]

I have copy-pasted it from a pdf version provided for me by the publisher, who, I believe, has a copyright for the text to be translated.

 

[Loob]

The Google Books version also has Teddies+all run together: click.

 

[Barque]

Just a guess but perhaps it's meant to be a pun on "That is all". Unlikely I suppose, considering "all in a long weekend" itself seems to be a play on "all in a day's work".

 

[Loob]

No, I'd say it's just a misprint, Barque.

 

[Andygc]

I have copy-pasted it from a pdf version provided for me by the publisher, who, I believe, has a copyright for the text to be translated.

My apologies. Then it is a misprint.