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Angielski geograficzny i kulturowy - Cockney Rhyming English

Here you will find slang from Cockney Rhyming English, featuring playful, rhyming expressions originating in London's East End.

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(Cockney rhyming slang) to believe something

Ex: He Adam and Eved every word.

a staircase; a set of steps for going from one floor to another

Ex: He carried the box up the apples and pears.
barnet (fair)
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) hair on the head; a person's hairstyle

Ex: Don't touch my barnet!
Barney Rubble
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) trouble; a problematic situation or difficulty

Ex: The car breaking down was pure Barney Rubble.

(Cockney rhyming slang) cash or currency

Ex: Keep your bees and honey safe in the wallet.
boat race
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) the face

Ex: He's got a friendly-looking boat race.
boracic
[przymiotnik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) having little or no money

Ex: Don't expect me to chip in; I'm boracic.
brown bread
[przymiotnik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) no longer alive

Ex: Without proper care, the fish will go brown bread.
bubble
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) a problematic situation or difficulty

Ex: The car breaking down was pure bubble.
butcher's (hook)
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) a look or glance

Ex: Have a butcher's look at this picture.
cobblers
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) something that is untrue, silly, or ridiculous

Ex: He dismissed the rumor as cobblers.
cream crackered
[przymiotnik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) exhausted or extremely tired

Ex: Don't talk to me, I'm cream crackered.

(Cockney rhyming slang) a telephone or phone

Ex: Pick up the dog and bone before you go out.
elephant's trunk
[przymiotnik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) intoxicated from alcohol

Ex: I felt elephant's trunk after that pint.

(Cockney rhyming slang) a road or street

Ex: They walked along the frog and toad together.

(Cockney rhyming slang) to go wrong or badly

Ex: Don't let it go Pete Tong at the last minute.
Gregory Peck
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) neck; the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders

Ex: Keep your Gregory Peck warm in winter.
to half-inch
[Czasownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) to steal or pinch something

Ex: Don't half-inch that, it's not yours.
Hampstead Heath
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) teeth

Ex: He chipped one of his Hampstead Heath playing football.
Hank Marvin
[przymiotnik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) extremely hungry; starving

Ex: After the game, they were Hank Marvin for a burger.

(Cockney rhyming slang) by oneself, without company

Ex: I felt a bit sad on my Jack Jones at the party.
jam jar
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) a car; an automobile

Ex: His old jam jar barely runs anymore.
loaf (of bread)
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) the head, or by extension, the brain

Ex: She nodded her loaf of bread in agreement.
mince pie
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) an eye, mostly used in the plural

Ex: Cover your mince pies, it's bright outside.
trouble and strife
[Rzeczownik]

(Cockney rhyming slang) wife; a man's spouse

Ex: The trouble and strife picked the movie.
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