Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brixton shuffle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: brix-ton shuf-fle
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shuffling style of walking associated with former prisoners.

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"[…] bearing unmistakably that scrubbed, carbolic look which is the hallmark of people who have lived in institutions. This institutional aura is as easy to detect as is the Brixton shuffle which characterises the gait of a man who has been 'inside'."
"You got into the Brixton shuffle. Shove, step, fuck off. Shove, step, fuck off, until you were clear. She didn't know what it was about Brixton; it was over some fault and allowed a strange brew, a ghost beer, to snake out from the earth's entrails: […]"
"They looked great, no more Brixton shuffle. From A wing there were shouts of support from shadows moving at the barred windows."

Etymology

In reference to HM Prison Brixton and its exercise yard.

Usage

British usage
Slang

Questions

What does brixton shuffle mean?: A shuffling style of walking associated with former prisoners.
Where does brixton shuffle come from?: In reference to HM Prison Brixton and its exercise yard.

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