Rhyming Slang
The origin of the word SLANG is made from Secret language.
Example: I am off for a ball & chalk down the Frog & Toad to the rub a dub dub for a pint of pig's with me old trouble to have a sing song round the old Joanna.
| Slang | Meaning | Slang | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam and Eve | believe | Holy friar | liar | |
| Almond rocks | socks | Holy ghost | toast | |
| Apple fritter | bitter (beer) | House to let | bet | |
| Apple peeling | feeling | Jack the Ripper | kipper | |
| Apple tart | heart | Jack 'n' Jill | till | |
| Apples and pears | stairs | Jam jar | car | |
| Ball of Chalk | walk | Jam tart | heart | |
| Barnet Fair | hair | Jeremiah | fire | |
| Bees 'n' honey | money | Jimmy Riddle | piddle (Just off for a Jimmy) | |
| Boat race | face | Jim Skinner | dinner | |
| Bo-peep | sleep | Joanna | piano | |
| Bottle and glass | arse | Joe Blake | steak | |
| Bow & arrow | barrow | Kate Karney | army | |
| Brown bread | dead | Lemon squash | wash | |
| Bubble and squeak | speak | Linen draper | paper | |
| Burnt cinder | winder (window) | Loaf of bread | head | |
| Butcher' s hook | look | Mince pies | eyes | |
| Cain & Able | table | Mother Hubbard | cupboard | |
| Chalk Farm | arm | Mutt and Jeff | deaf | |
| Cherry-'ogg (Hogg) | dog | Peckham Rye | tie | |
| China plate | mate (friend) | Pig's ear | beer | |
| Coach 'n' badge | cadge (get money off) | Plates of meat | feet | |
| Cock 'n' hen | ten or £10 | Pork pie | lie | |
| Currant bun | son/sun | Rabbit 'n' pork | talk (Bunny) | |
| Daisy Roots | boots | Rocking horse | sauce | |
| Derby Kelly | belly | Rory O'More | floor | |
| Dicky Bird | word | Rosie Lee | tea | |
| Dicky Dirt | shirt | Rub a Dub Dub | pub | |
| Dig in the grave | shave | Salmon and trout | gout | |
| Ding Dong | sing song | Saucepan lid | kid (child) | |
| Dr. Crippen | dripping | Sexton Blake | cake | |
| Dog and bone | phone | Six to four | whore | |
| Duke of Kent | rent | Skin 'n' blister | sister | |
| Friar Tuck | luck | Sky rocket | ||
| Frog and toad | road | Taters in the mould | cold | |
| George Raft | daft (crazy) | Tea leaf | thief | |
| Ginger beer | queer | Tit for tat | hat | |
| Gold watch | scotch | Tom and Dick | sick | |
| Ham and eggs | legs | Tommy Tucker | supper | |
| Hampstead Heath | teeth | Trouble and strife | wife | |
| Harry Lime | time | Two and Eight | state | |
| Heap of coke | bloke | Uncle Ned | bed | |
| Hen 'n' fox | box | Whistle and Flute | suit |