Anyone know the meaning of the repeated phrase 'cats and dogs' in the report. It seems reminiscent of rhyming slang but the only match I find from online dictionaries is 'raining cats and dogs'.
I have found a reference to 'cats and dogs' meaning animosity/ fighting being aggressive like the relationship between cats and dogs. This seems to fit quite well. 'Cats and dogs are you' seeming to mean something like 'You're looking for trouble, are you?' and 'Come on, George, cats and dogs' meaning 'Come here George, we've got a fight on'.
I wonder if Jarvis had a similar 'bully' role as Henry Buckley may have had and the undercover cops were bad for business, so to speak. Although the mention of cab yard and the accused jobs as 'cab washers' suggests there was an active cab operation in Phoenix Place, which wasn't too happy about the gathering of suspicious men around them.
I wonder if this was where Patrick Manning took a cab.
I have found a reference to 'cats and dogs' meaning animosity/ fighting being aggressive like the relationship between cats and dogs. This seems to fit quite well. 'Cats and dogs are you' seeming to mean something like 'You're looking for trouble, are you?' and 'Come on, George, cats and dogs' meaning 'Come here George, we've got a fight on'.
I wonder if Jarvis had a similar 'bully' role as Henry Buckley may have had and the undercover cops were bad for business, so to speak. Although the mention of cab yard and the accused jobs as 'cab washers' suggests there was an active cab operation in Phoenix Place, which wasn't too happy about the gathering of suspicious men around them.
I wonder if this was where Patrick Manning took a cab.
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