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Jan 29, 2012 · Top 100 Cockney Rhyming Slang Words and Phrases: Adam and Eve – believe. Alan Whickers – knickers. apples and pears – stairs. Artful Dodger – lodger. Ascot Races – braces. Aunt Joanna – piano. Baked Bean – Queen. Baker’s Dozen – Cousin.
- "Apples and Pears"
- "Borrow and Beg"
- "Bottle and Stopper"
- "Box of Toys"
- "Clever Mike"
- "Coals and Coke"
- "Coat and Badge"
- "Cop A Flower Pot"
- "Cut and Carried"
- "Cuts and Scratches"
To the Cockney, the phrase "steps and stairs" describes the idea of gradation. Every good costermonger has skill in displaying the front of his stall. The selected samples of fruit and vegetables are expertly graded in "steps and stairs". Apples and pears, when in season, are common on each barrow and, when polished, create an arresting display.
A term that enjoyed a fresh lease of life during the second world war and the food-rationing period.
Policeman. There are a possible pair of inferences: to bottle meaning to enclose and a stopper meaning one who holds another back from a course of action.
As a box of toys, particularly a new one given as a present at Christmas time, causes a great deal of noise to be made.
Influenced by the extreme displays that adolescents are inclined to perform on a bicycle, especially when showing off.
Since both coal and coke used to be supplied in large blocks that had to be broken down before their use.
Sometimes known as "Doggett's" as watermen who possessed the Doggett Coat and Badge could charge higher fares than those without.
To get into serious trouble. Suggested by the effect of a flower pot dropped from a window above on to someone below.
Applying only to the wife who is cut off from the parental support and carried (provided for) by her husband.
Many imported safety matches were of poor quality and often failed to ignite when scratched against the side of the box.
May 30, 2023 · We promised you 101 words and phrases, so we’re not stopping with the most common. Here’s the best of the rest of cockney rhyming slang, arranged by category so you can easily find what you’re looking for. Cockney Phrases: The Body. Jam tart – Heart
Feb 12, 2024 · A–Z List of Original Cockney Slang. When reading this list, the first word after the bolded Cockney word is the definition of the term. What follows is an example of how to use it. A–B. Adam and Eve = Believe. I don't Adam and Eve it. Alan Wickers = Knickers. Don't get your Alan wickers in a twist. Albert Hall = Ball. (testicles) He kicked ...
- Rats and Mice. Can you figure out this term’s meaning from the following example, written by Dashiell Hammett in 1929’s Dain Curse? “This Rhino Tingley’s carrying an eleven-hundred case roll.
- Mince Pie. Mince pie has referred to an eye in rhyming slang since at least the mid-1800s. (Well, they are both roundish.) An ad from 1989 uses the term to describe an understandable reaction to an unexpected grocery guest: “Flabbergasted grocer, George Gimpson, couldn’t believe his mince pies when an alien beamed into his shop.”
- Plate of Meat. A plate of meat is something that, literally speaking, you wouldn’t want to find on this term’s actual meaning—the street. That sense has been recorded since the mid-1800s; the term can refer to the feet as well.
- Rock of Ages. Since the early 1600s, the phrase rock of ages has referred to God or Christ. But in rhyming slang, the term has a more ungodly sense: wages.
Mar 2, 2022 · 1. Able and Willing. Translation: Shilling. Use: "I'm so skint until payday, could you lend us an Able?" 2. Alan Minter. Translation: printer or splinter. Use: "The Alan's jammed with paper again." 3. Alex Nash. Translation: slash (urinate) Use: "Where's your loo? I'm desperate for an Alex." 4. Apple pip. Translation: dip.
Jan 16, 2020 · 1. China plate – mate (friend) 2. Adam and Eve – believe. 3. Apples and pears – stairs. 4. Boat Race – face. 5. Bird lime – time (in prison) 6. Bricks and Mortar – daughter. 7. Brown Bread – dead. 8. Bubble Bath – Laugh. 9. On the floor – poor. 10. Scotch mist – pissed. 11. Currant bun – sun (also The Sun newspaper) 12. Dicky bird – word. 13.
