dolly-mixtures

dolly-mixtures
n pl
British
pictures. Often used by criminals and police officers to describe mugshots, crime-scene photographs, etc., the rhyming slang expression refers to sweets popular among children since the 1950s. As an example of the jargon of cat burglars, the phrase was cited in FHM magazine in April 1996.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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