ctionary of Cockney Rhyming Slang

Here is a handful of Cockney phrases with some contextual examples of their

use. Most of these are the more commonly used ones – though in some cases
only regionally – in modern English. See also: Slang Books.

The rhyming slang is shown in blue, and the meaning in red.

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?

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Top 100 Cockney Rhyming Slang Words and Phrases:

1. Adam and Eve – believe

2. Alan Whickers – knickers

3. apples and pears – stairs

4. Artful Dodger – lodger

5. Ascot Races – braces

6. Aunt Joanna – piano

7. Baked Bean – Queen

8. Baker’s Dozen – Cousin

9. Ball and Chalk – Walk

10. Barnaby Rudge – Judge

11. Barnet Fair – hair

12. Barney Rubble – trouble

13. Battlecruiser – boozer

14. bees and honey – money

15. bird lime – time (in prison)

16. Boat Race – face

17. Bob Hope – soap

18. bottle and glass – arse

19. Brahms and Liszt – pissed (drunk)

20. Brass Tacks – facts

21. Bread and Cheese – sneeze

22. Bread and Honey – money

23. Bricks and Mortar – daughter

24. Bristol City – breasts

25. Brown Bread – dead

26. Bubble and Squeak – Greek

27. Bubble Bath – Laugh

28. butcher’s hook – a look

29. Chalfont St. Giles – piles

30. Chalk Farm – arm

31. china plate – mate (friend)

32. Cock and Hen – ten

33. Cows and Kisses – Missus (wife)

34. currant bun – sun (also The Sun, a British newspaper)

35. custard and jelly – telly (television)

36. Daisy Roots – boots

37. Darby and Joan – moan

38. Dicky bird – word

39. Dicky Dirt – shirt

40. Dinky Doos – shoes

41. dog and bone – phone

42. dog’s meat – feet [from early 20th c.]

43. Duck and Dive – skive

44. Duke of Kent – rent

45. dustbin lid – kid

46. Elephant’s Trunk – drunk

47. Fireman’s Hose – nose

48. Flowery Dell – cell

49. Frog and Toad – road

50. Gypsy’s kiss – piss

51. half-inch – pinch (to steal)

52. Hampton Wick – prick

53. Hank Marvin – starving

54. irish pig – wig

55. Isle of Wight – tights

56. jam-jar – car

57. Jayme Gibbs

58. Jimmy Riddle – piddle

59. joanna – piano (pronounced ‘pianna’ in Cockney)

60. Khyber Pass – arse

61. Kick and Prance – dance

62. Lady Godiva – fiver

63. Laugh n a joke – smoke

64. Lionel Blairs – flares

65. Loaf of Bread – head

66. loop the loop – soup

67. Mickey Bliss – piss

68. Mince Pies – eyes

69. Mork and Mindy – windy’

70. north and south – mouth

71. Orchestra stalls – balls

72. Pat and Mick – sick

73. Peckham Rye – tie

74. plates of meat – feet

75. Pony and Trap – crap

76. raspberry ripple – nipple

77. raspberry tart – fart

78. Roast Pork – fork

79. Rosy Lee – tea (drink)

80. Round the Houses – trousers

81. Rub-a-Dub – pub

82. Ruby Murray – curry

83. Sausage Roll – goal

84. septic tank – Yank

85. sherbert (short for sherbert dab) – cab (taxi)

86. Skin and Blister – sister

87. Sky Rocket – pocket

88. Sweeney Todd – flying squad

89. syrup of figs – wig (sic)

90. tables and chairs – stairs

91. tea leaf – thief

92. Todd Sloane – alone

93. Tom and Dick – sick

94. tom tit – shit

95. tomfoolery – jewellery

96. Tommy Trinder – window

97. trouble and strife – wife

98. two and eight – state (of upset)

99. Vera Lynn – gin

100. whistle and flute – suit (of clothes)