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<blockquote data-quote="Hesstondriver" data-source="post: 7353465" data-attributes="member: 5823"><p>east anglian phrase </p><p></p><p>Docky = lunch / mid morning break, </p><p></p><p>also Docky time & docky bag !</p><p></p><p>Why is it called a docky bag? Well, docky is an East Anglian word that means lunch, so it is a lunch bag. But the word and the object carry more than a flask of tea: farm laborer right through to the mid twentieth century had their pay docked if they took a lunch break. So the ‘docky bag’ is a complex reminder of social status and of human rights. The bag puts the agricultural workers of the fens into the long history of protest for better working conditions and fair pay. </p><p></p><p>i used to think it was an international phrase , until i left Cambridgeshire and got a few blank looks when i asked about stopping for docky <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite20" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hesstondriver, post: 7353465, member: 5823"] east anglian phrase Docky = lunch / mid morning break, also Docky time & docky bag ! Why is it called a docky bag? Well, docky is an East Anglian word that means lunch, so it is a lunch bag. But the word and the object carry more than a flask of tea: farm laborer right through to the mid twentieth century had their pay docked if they took a lunch break. So the ‘docky bag’ is a complex reminder of social status and of human rights. The bag puts the agricultural workers of the fens into the long history of protest for better working conditions and fair pay. i used to think it was an international phrase , until i left Cambridgeshire and got a few blank looks when i asked about stopping for docky :ROFLMAO: [/QUOTE]
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