Meaning of more life in a tramp's vest | Babel Free

Definitions

Used in comparisons to indicate that someone or something is devoid of life or animation.

UK, slang, uncountable

Examples

“We had been used to the patter and banter of the Gorbals and, after a particularly dull conversation with one of our new neighbours, my mother told me that she'd 'seen mair life in a tramp's vest'.”

“I'd seen more life in a tramp's vest than I had in this lad, and he just sat on the bike totally unconcerned as I approached him on foot.”

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