Cor-blimey hat

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Hello all,Is there someone who could give the meaning of "cor-blimey hat" in the following sentence?"Inside was almost the same photo: me in tweed jacket, machine washable at number five trousers, cor-blimey hat and two-tone shoes." L DeightonMany thanks,HF

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[nq:1]Is there someone who could give the meaning of "cor-blimey hat" in the following sentence? "Inside was almost the same photo: me in tweed jacket, machine washable at number five trousers, cor-blimey hat and two-tone shoes." L Deighton Many thanks,[/nq]
I don't suppose this is much help, but "cor blimey trousers" are mentioned in a Lonnie Donegan song in the same breath as "dustman's hat" maybe Deighton was getting them mixed up. But then that raoises the question of what cor blimey trousers are. Dunnit?
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My Old Man's A Dustman
Lonnie Donegan
-Derived from an old army tune with lyrics written by Donegan

Now here's a little story to tell it is a must
About an unsung hero that moves away your dust
Some people make a fortune other's earn a mint
My old man don't earn much
In fact..he's flippin'..skint
Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat He looks a proper narner in his great big hob nailed boots He's got such a job to pull em up that he calls them daisy roots

Some folks give tips at Christmas and some of them forget So when he picks their bins up he spills some on the steps Now one old man got nasty and to the council wrote Next time my old man went 'round there he punched him up the throat Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat

I say I say Duncan! I 'er...I found a police dog in my dustbin (How do you know he's a police dog?) He had a policeman with him

Though my old man's a dustman he's got a heart of gold He got married recently though he's 86 years old
We said 'Ear! Hang on Dad you're getting past your prime' He said 'Well when you get to my age it helps to pass the time' Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat

I say I say I say! My dustbins full of lillies
(Well throw 'em away then) I can't Lilly's wearing them

Now one day while in a hurry he missed a lady's bin He hadn't gone but a few yards when she chased after him 'What game do you think you're playing' she cried right from the heart 'You've missed me...am I too late?' 'No... jump up on the cart' Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat

I say I say I say (What you again!) My dustbin's absolutely full with toadstools
(How do you know it's full) 'Cos there's not much room inside

He found a tiger's head one day, nailed to a piece of wood The tiger looked quite miserable but I suppose it should Just then from out a window, a voice began to wail He said (Oi! Where's me tiger head) Four foot from it's tail

Oh! my old man's a dustman he wears a dustman's hat He wears cor blimey trousers and he lives in a council flat Next time you see a dustman looking all pale and sad Don't kick him in the dustbin it might be my old dad

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[nq:1]Is there someone who could give the meaning of "cor-blimey hat" in the following sentence? "Inside was almost the same photo: me in tweed jacket, machine washable at number five trousers, cor-blimey hat and two-tone shoes." L Deighton[/nq]
gonblimey n. (1910s+) a rakish cap. (orig. milit. use. 'A "Gorblimey' was the common colloquial term for an unwired, floppy, field-service cap worn by a certain type of subaltern in defiance of the Dress Regulations. Lines from a song, popular before the War, ran: "He wears Gorblimey trousers / An a little Gorblimey 'at".' (Fraser & Gibbons); ultimately f. GORBLIMEY!) gorblimey! gor blimey! excl. (late 19C+) a mild euphemistic oath, lit. '*** blind me!'
From Cassell's Dictionary of Slang (1998) by Jonathon Green

gorblimey, gaw-, -blime, blimy (1919)
British, dated; applied to a soft service cap, from the exclamation gorblimey .
From Oxford Dictionary of Slang (1998) by John Ayto

Gorblimey. A rakish hat, as supposedly worn by a Cockney or anyone prone to exclaiming 'gorblimey', as a slurring of '*** blind me'. ('Blimey' is a short form of this.) The hat so named evolved in the early years of the 20th century as a type of unconventional military headgear in the form of a floppy field-service cap. Gorblimey trousers were in similar style, and both terms were directly inspired by a ribald Liverpool folk ditty, 'My Old Man's a Fireman on the Elder-Dempster Line', which had the couplet, 'He wears Gorblimey trousers / An a little gorblimey 'at'. This same song was adapted by Lonnie Donegan for his No. 1 hit, 'My Old Man's a Dustman' (1960), which again popularized the garments.
From Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2000) by Adrian Room

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