What does "Anna Maria" refer to in Cockney slang?

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1 Cockney Slang You take a pair of associated words ( fish hook), where the second word rhymes with the word you intend to say, then use the first word to indicate the word you intended to say. eg. I read a fish (fish hook - book) Cockney Average 10 Q awkins May 12 00 3174 plays 2 Truncated Cockney Rhyming Slang 'Wife' in Cockney rhyming slang is 'trouble and strife' which usually gets shortened to 'trouble'. The rhyming portion of the slang expression is often dropped leaving only a word that bears no relation to the English word it represents. Have fun! Cockney Average 10 Q Cymruambyth Nov 02 06 849 plays 3 More Cockney Rhyming Slang If you are 'mutt and jeff' you won't hear a 'dicky bird' - deaf so you won't hear a word. Check out these rhymes I heard at my mother's knee. (Warning, the rhyming word is often left off, just to make it trickier!) Cockney Average 10 Q helenwalland Dec 24 08 849 plays