Cockney Rhyming Slang

#cockneyrhymingslang Late contest entry freestyle around these 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 Ball and Chalk – Walk Barnaby Rudge – Judge Barnet Fair – hair Barney Rubble – trouble Battlecruiser – boozer bees and honey – money bird lime – time (in prison) Boat Race – face Bob Hope – soap bottle and glass – arse Brahms and Liszt – pissed (drunk) Brass Tacks – facts Bread and Cheese – sneeze Bread and Honey – money Bricks and Mortar – daughter Bristol City – breasts Brown Bread – dead Bubble and Squeak – Greek Bubble Bath – Laugh butcher’s hook – a look Chalfont St. Giles – piles Chalk Farm – arm china plate – mate (friend) Cock and Hen – ten Cows and Kisses – Missus (wife) currant bun – sun (also The Sun, a British newspaper) custard and jelly – telly (television) Daisy Roots – boots Darby and Joan – moan Dicky bird – word Dicky Dirt – shirt Dinky Doos – shoes dog and bone – phone dog’s meat – feet [from early 20th c.] Duck and Dive – skive Duke of Kent – rent dustbin lid – kid Elephant’s Trunk – drunk Fireman’s Hose – nose Flowery Dell – cell Frog and Toad – road Gypsy’s kiss – piss half-inch – pinch (to steal) Hampton Wick – prick Hank Marvin – starving irish pig – wig Isle of Wight – tights jam-jar – car Jayme Gibbs Jimmy Riddle – piddle joanna – piano (pronounced ‘pianna’ in Cockney) Khyber Pass – arse Kick and Prance – dance Lady Godiva – fiver Laugh n a joke – smoke Lionel Blairs – flares Loaf of Bread – head loop the loop – soup Mickey Bliss – piss Mince Pies – eyes Mork and Mindy – windy’ north and south – mouth Orchestra stalls – balls Pat and Mick – sick Peckham Rye – tie plates of meat – feet Pony and Trap – crap raspberry ripple – nipple raspberry tart – fart Roast Pork – fork Rosy Lee – tea (drink) Round the Houses – trousers Rub-a-Dub – pub Ruby Murray – curry appreciate a listen