Examples of sentences using cockney rhyming slang

EXAMPLES OF SENTENCES USING
COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG

It is all very well knowing
cockney slang but it is not always recognisable in use as many of the
phrases are abbreviated.

Pat
has kindly sent in some examples of how various cockney slang phrases
maybe used during conversation.

You will notice that many
of these phrases are in common use (here in the UK anyway) but I expect
there are a lot of people that do not realise their origin.

COCKNEY SLANG	MEANING	WAY IN WHICH IT MAYBE USED
Adam and Eve	Believe	Would you Adam and Eve it?
Alligator	Later	See you later alligator.
Apples and Pears	Stairs	Get up those apples to bed!
Army and Navy	Gravy	Pass the army, will you?
Bacon and Eggs	Legs	She has such long bacons.
Barnet Fair	Hair	I’m going to have my barnet cut.
Bees and Honey	Money	Hand over the bees.
Biscuits and Cheese	Knees	Ooh! What knobbly biscuits!
Bull and Cow	Row	We don’t have to have a bull about it.
Butcher’s Hook	Look	I had a butchers at it through the window.
Cobbler’s Awls	Balls	You’re talking cobblers!
Crust of Bread	Head	Use your crust, lad.
Daffadown Dilly	Silly	She’s a bit daffy.
Hampton Wick	Prick	You’re getting on my wick!
Khyber Pass	Arse	Stick that up your Khyber.
Loaf of Bread	Head	Think about it; use your loaf.
Mince Pies	Eyes	What beautiful minces.
Oxford Scholar	Dollar	Could you lend me an Oxford?
Pen and Ink	Stink	Pooh! It pens a bit in here.
Rabbit and Pork	Talk	I don’t know what she’s rabbiting about.
Raspberry Tart	Fart	I can smell a raspberry.
Scarpa Flow	Go	Scarpa! The police are coming!
Trouble and Strife	Wife	The trouble’s been shopping again.
Uncle Bert	Shirt	I’m ironing my Uncle.
Weasel and Stoat	Coat	Where’s my weasel?

There are a couple of other pages on this
site covering this subject; one gives the
word then the relevant cockney slang phrase the other lists the phrases
and then provides the meaning.

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