Meaning COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG
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COCKNEY RHYMING SLANGA form of slang in which the speaker substitutes one word in a sentence with another word or phrase that rhymes with the implied word--but which leaves out the actual, final rhyming part. This wordpla [..]
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COCKNEY RHYMING SLANGCockney Rhyming Slang is a specialised form of slang used in the East of London. It is a kind of antilanguage where words are replaced by phrases that rhyme (sound the same): North and south = mouth A [..]
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COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG
A cant used by Cockneys in which a word or phrase is replaced by a rhyming word or phrase, this word or phrase then often being abbreviated to its first syllable or syllables, or its first word. The [..]
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