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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