Cockney Rhyming Slang.....
Strictly speaking, a Cockney is someone who was born within the sound of Bow Bells but Cockney Rhyming Slang is something that has evolved in the East End in general since the sixteenth century.
It has come from the seamen and soldiers who used the port of London in the East End and from Gypsies who arrived in the fifteen hundreds, the Irish residents, the Jewish faction and from all the other ethnic minorities which have made up the population of the city in the past and continue to do so today.
Cockney rhyming slang has nothing to do with Dick Van Dyke!
"Gor Blimey, strike a light Guvnor (exclamation)! You can knock me down with a kipper if I'm tellin' yer porkies Missus! (Golly, I'd be really surprised if you thought I was telling you porky pies (Lies) Missus)!
Up and down these bloomin' apples and pears (stairs) all day. Me plates of meat (feet) are killin' me and make no mistake! I could just knock back a nice cup of Rosy Lee (tea) or a Laugh and titter (bitter) in the rub-a-dub-dub (Public House)!
Lummy, that's a fancy whistle, mate (whistle & flute, suit)!
Try making up your own sentences with our Cockney/English dictionary but don't try them out in the East End unless you like hospital food !
The Cockney/English Dictionary
Apples and Pears=StairsAscot Races=Braces
Aristotle=Bottle
Almond Rocks=Socks
Artful Dodger=Lodger
April Fools=Football Pools
Bob Hope=Soap
Brown Bread=Dead
Bo Peep=Sleep
Butcher's Hook=Look
Bread & Honey=Money
Barnet Fair (Barnet=)Hair
Boat Race=Face
Current Bun=Sun
Cushty=Good
China Plate (China)=Mate
Daisy Roots=Boots
Dog & Bone=Phone
Duchess of Fife (Duchess)=Wife
Dicky Dirt=Shirt
East & West=Vest
Frog & Toad=Road
Frying Pan=Old Man
Fiver=Five Pounds
Gregory Peck=Neck
Gutted=Unhappy
Holy Ghost=Toast
Hampstead Heath=Teeth
Isle of Wight=Light
Itch and Scratch=Match
Jam Jar=Car
Jam Tart=Heart
Joanna=Piano
Jackanory=Story
Joe Brown=Town
Kippers=Slippers
Laugh and Titter=Bitter (Beer)
Lilley and Skinner=Dinner
Loop the Loop=Soup
Lord Lovell=Shovel
Mince Pies=Eyes
Man on the Moon=Spoon
Mutton Jeff=Deaf
Mother of Pearl=Girl
North & South=Mouth
Noah's Ark=Lark
Oxford Scholar=Dollar
Paraffin Lamp=Tramp
Plates of Meat=Feet
Pen & Ink=Stink
Porky Pies=Lies
Quid=A Pound
Rosie Lee=Tea
Rabbit & Pork (Rabbit)=Talk
Rub-a-dub-dub=Pub
Scotch Pegs (Pegs)=Legs
Skin & Blister=Sister
Tenner=Ten Pounds
Titfer Tat=Hat
Trouble & Strife=Wife
Tin Tack=Sack
Trick Cyclist=Psychiatrist
Uncle Ned=Bed
Vera Lynn=Gin
Whistle & Flute=Suit
