Geographical & Cultural English - 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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to Adam and Eve [phrase]

(Cockney rhyming slang) to believe something

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apples and pears [phrase]

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

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barnet {fair|} [noun]

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

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Barney Rubble [noun]

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

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bees and honey [phrase]

(Cockney rhyming slang) cash or currency

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boat race [noun]

(Cockney rhyming slang) the face

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boracic [adjective]

(Cockney rhyming slang) having little or no money

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brown bread [adjective]

(Cockney rhyming slang) no longer alive

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bubble [noun]

(Cockney rhyming slang) a problematic situation or difficulty

Ex: She got herself into bubble with her manager .

butcher's {hook|} [noun]

(Cockney rhyming slang) a look or glance

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cobblers [noun]

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

Ex: Do n't listen to him ; it 's all cobblers .

cream crackered [adjective]

(Cockney rhyming slang) exhausted or extremely tired

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dog and bone [phrase]

(Cockney rhyming slang) a telephone or phone

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elephant's trunk [adjective]

(Cockney rhyming slang) intoxicated from alcohol

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frog and toad [phrase]

(Cockney rhyming slang) a road or street

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to [go] Pete Tong [phrase]

(Cockney rhyming slang) to go wrong or badly

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Gregory Peck [noun]

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

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to half-inch [verb]

(Cockney rhyming slang) to steal or pinch something

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Hampstead Heath [noun]

(Cockney rhyming slang) teeth

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Hank Marvin [adjective]

(Cockney rhyming slang) extremely hungry; starving

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on {one's} Jack Jones [phrase]

(Cockney rhyming slang) by oneself, without company

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jam jar [noun]

(Cockney rhyming slang) a car; an automobile

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loaf {of bread|} [noun]

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

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mince pie [noun]

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

Ex: Wipe the sleep from your mince pies .

trouble and strife [noun]

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

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