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Structure
Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
Cockney
Stairs. Apples and Pears -- Stairs
Hair. Barnet Fair -- Hair
Wife. Trouble and Strife -- Wife
Socks. Almond Rocks -- Socks
Road. Frog and Toad -- Road
Teeth. Hampstead Heath -- Teeth
Kids. Saucepan Lids -- Kids
Mouth. North and South -- Mouth
If a cockney said 'My plates are killing me' what would hurt? | Cockney rhymes
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If you are said to be 'Mutton', in Cockney rhyming slang, what are you? | Cockney rhymes
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A dollar. Oxford Scholar - Dollar. Strictly speaking it meant five shillings or a crown which was, in pre-war times, almost the equivalent of a dollar.
The Army. Daft and Barmy - Army, he would be telling you that he was in the Army.
The stairs. Dancing Bears - Stairs. Another term for stairs is Apples and Pears.
Spectacles. Gregory Pecks - spec's - spectacles. Gregory Peck is also rhyming slang for neck and cheque!
Booze. Tom Cruise - Booze. Tom is also rhyming slang for Tom and Dick - Sick; Tom Thumb - Rum; Tom Foolery - Jewellery; Tom, Dick and Harry - Dictionary; Tom Jones - Bones, and, Tom and Jerry - Merry.
Brother. Manhole Cover - Brother - doesn't really rhyme unless you pronounce brother, 'bruvver'!
A beer. Pig's Ear - Beer. Also in usage now for the plural, Beers, is Brittney Spears!
A curry. Ruby Murray - Curry. Ruby Murray was a singer who had several hits in the 1950's and who died in 1996.
Deaf. Mutt and Jeff - Deaf. Mutt and Jeff were cartoon characters created in 1907 - also shortened to Mutton.
Having a laugh. Bubble Bath - Laugh. Also, Cows Calf, Giraffe, Steffi Graf and Turkish Bath mean Laugh. Bubble is also used in Bubble and Squeak - Greek!
face. It is short for boat race - the world famous race held annually on the River Thames between the crews of Oxford & Cambridge universities. Boat race rhymes with face, then is shortened to "boat"!
it's cold. Taters (pronounced taiters) is slang for potatoes. "Potatoes in the mould" rhymes with cold, so "taters innit" means "cold, isn't it"!
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