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Define Ps And Qs Meaning

Ps And Qs
Mind your Ps and Qs means to watch your manners, or be careful how you behave. It comes from Please and Thank you.

Your great-aunt's coming to tea and she's really fussy about behaviour - better mind your Ps and Qs.
By Ollie
Ps & Qs
Spec. used by troublemakers and geezers

1. adj. to be on your best behaviour (Please and Thank Yous)

2. adj. to be drinking and smoking (weed) heavily (Pints and Quarter -Ounce of weed-)

1. "Police are watchin me tonight mate, I best be on my Ps & Qs."

2. "Grab us that corner booth in the pub so we can get down to our Ps & Qs."
By Barbe
Ps & Qs
When people used to misbehave in old time pubs they would be asked to watch there pints and quarts (like stop throwing them around) hence watch your ps and qs

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"its well rowdy in here"

"gentlemen please watch your ps and qs"
By Shelagh
Ps & Qs
in the days when public house allowed drinkers to run up a tab if the bill was getting a bit high the landlord would say to the punter to mind his Ps & Qs (pints and quarts) and the punter would know he needed to settle the bill

as above Ps & Qs
By Amalita
Ps & Qs
Business.

Mind your own Ps & Qs.
By Lynette