Kiss-me-quick hat

A kiss-me-quick hat is a British seaside novelty hat, typically bearing the words "Kiss me quick" or "Kiss me quick, squeeze me slow".[1][2] Culturally, the Daily telegraph describes them as "one step up from a knotted handkerchief".[1]

Rhyming slang and derivative terms

"Kiss me quick" has been used as rhyming slang for "prick".[3] Also used as an -ism as in "kiss-me-kwik seaside towns." - describing "cheap, dated, seaside towns" according to Partridge.[3]

See also

References
  1. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/life/a-very-british-day-at-the-beach-in-pictures/kiss-me-quick-hat0/
  2. https://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/historic-buildings/art557041-The-great-British-seaside-collections-come-together-for-Seaside-Heritage-project
  3. Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor (26 June 2015). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. pp. 1332–. ISBN 978-1-317-37252-3.
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