COCKNEY rhymes
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Meaning
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Example
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Adam and Eve
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Believe
|
Would you Adam and Eve it?
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Alligator
|
Later
|
See you later alligator.
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Apples and Pears
|
Stairs
|
Get up those apples to bed!
|
Army and Navy
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Gravy
|
Pass the army, will you?
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Bacon and Eggs
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Legs
|
She has such long bacons.
|
Barnet Fair
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Hair
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I'm going to have my barnet cut.
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Bees and Honey
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Money
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Hand over the bees.
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Biscuits and Cheese
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Knees
|
Ooh! What knobbly biscuits!
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Bull and Cow
|
Row
|
We don't have to have a bull about it.
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Butcher's Hook
|
Look
|
I had a butchers at it through the window.
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Cobbler's Awls
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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!
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Khyber Pass
|
Arse
|
Stick that up your Khyber.
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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.
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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!
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Trouble and Strife
|
Wife
|
The trouble's been shopping again.
|
Uncle Bert
|
Shirt
|
I'm ironing my Uncle.
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Weasel and Stoat
|
Coat
|
Where's my weasel?
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