... 1946. 5 a
watch. In conventional use from 1559, in slang use since late C19;
noted by the Oxford EnglishDictionary as obsolete ‘except in
modern slang UK, 1961. 6 the face UK, 1918. 7 a punch ... is discussed by Partridge and Beale
in the appendix to the 8th edition of the Dictionary of Slang and
Unconventional English and called ‘Oxford -er(s)’
UK, 1955
champion noun a completely inept ... 1975
cherry red noun the head. Rhyming slang UK, 1998
cherry ripe noun 1 a pipe. Rhyming slang, propbably influenced by
‘cherry-wood pipe’ UK, 1857. 2 nonsense. Rhyming slang for TRIPE.
Can be shortened...
... cross bun noun 1 a gun. Rhyming slang UK, 1992. 2 the sun.
Rhyming slang
UK, 1992. 3 son. Rhyming slang UK, 1931. 4 run, as in
‘on the run’ from the police. Rhyming slang. Sometimes simply
‘hot ... 2 a plate. Rhyming slang UK, 1992. 3 afirst
officer in the Merchant Navy. Rhyming slang for ‘mate’
UK, 1961. 4 a
confusion; an attack of nerves; an emotional state. Rhyming slang
for ‘state’ UK, ... bag. Rhyming slang; theatrical. Current in 1960 UK,
1960
Harry Taggs; harolds noun trousers. Rhyming slang for ‘bags’
(trousers)
UK, 1992
Harry Tate noun 1 eight pounds (£8). Rhyming slang, formed...
... excellent, best. Urban youth slang UK, 2005
basie; basey noun 1 a person living on a military base US, 1993. 2 an
Antarctica expeditioner. A South African contribution to South Pole
slang ANTARCTICA, 1964
Basil ... Usually in the form
‘to have a bang (at)’ UK, 1948. 10 an exclamation point (!). From the
slang of printers to the slang of computer enthusiasts
US, 1931
bang verb 1 to have sex UK, 1720. 2 to stimulate ... The
Maltese Bippy, and then abandoned on the junk heap of slang
US,
1967
bird noun 1 a young woman; a sweetheart. First used in C14; not
considered a slang term until C19 when it also meant ‘a
prostitute’...
... BOY UK, 1979
Dolly Cotton adjective rotten. Rhyming slang UK, 1931
dolly dimple; dolly adjective simple. Glasgow rhyming slang.
Current in English prisons February 2002 UK, 1988
dolly flapper ... Rhyming slang for
FUCK AUSTRALIA, 1983
Donald Duck; donald noun 1 an act of sexual intercourse. Rhyming
slang for
FUCK AUSTRALIA, 1983. 2 by extension, a ‘fuck’ in all other
senses. Rhyming slang, ... noun a police detective, or, loosely, a police officer. Originally
criminal slang. The suggestion in the Oxford English Dictionary
Supplement (1972) that it is somehow extracted from Van
Diemen’s...
... damn it adjective very easy. Recorded by Partridge in the 1st
edition of his Dictionary of Slang and UnconventionalEnglish and
still familiar. Other variations noted at that time include ‘easy ... the
euphemistic variation ‘easy as kiss my ear’, by Partridge in the 1st
edition of his Dictionary of Slang and UnconventionalEnglish UK,
1937
easy as kiss my eye adjective very easy. Euphemistic variation ... body. Rhyming slang UK, 1923.
4 a vest. Rhyming slang; in pickpocket usage US, 1949
East Anus nickname the town of East Angus, Quebec CANADA, 1977
Easter bunny noun money. Rhyming slang UK, 1998
Easter...
... especially nine pounds (£9). Rhyming
slang UK, 1992
feeling noun marijuana UK, 2003
feeling fine noun mutual, simultaneous oral sex between two
people. Rhyming slang for 69 UK, 2003
feel up verb ... AFRICA, 2004
fireman’s noun horse races. Rhyming slang, from ‘fireman’s braces’
AUSTRALIA, 1989
fireman’s hose; fireman’s noun the nose. Rhyming slang UK, 1992
fire on verb 1 to excite sexually ... Korean and Vietnam war usage
US, 1989
foul adjective unpleasant, unfriendly. Conventional English rendered
slang with attitude
US, 1999
foulball noun a despised person US, 1925
fouler noun a very...
... cross bun noun 1 a gun. Rhyming slang UK, 1992. 2 the sun.
Rhyming slang
UK, 1992. 3 son. Rhyming slang UK, 1931. 4 run, as in
‘on the run’ from the police. Rhyming slang. Sometimes simply
‘hot ... Rhyming slang UK, 1960
halfpenny dip; ha’penny dip; ha’penny noun 1 a sleep. Rhyming
slang for
KIP UK, 1980. 2 a ship. Rhyming slang UK, 1961
halfpenny stamp; ha’penny noun a tramp. Rhyming slang ... however, is unlikely to be rhyming
slang as the earliest explicit reference to rhyming slang does not
appear until about 300 years later in John Camden Hotten’s The
Slang Dictionary, 1859
UK, 1992
hobby...
... most basic US, 1996. 2 the nose. Rhyming
slang for ‘snout’ UK, 1960. 3 a tout; a ticket tout. Rhyming slang UK,
1998. 4 a cigarette; tobacco. Rhyming slang for SNOUT UK, 1998
in-and-out-man noun ... euphemism US, 1976
invite noun an invitation. A verb-as-noun that began as standard
English and then evolved into slang UK, 1659
in with preposition in a friendly or social relationship with someone
UK, ... UK, 1956
Isle of Man noun a pan. Rhyming slang, formed on the name of
the island off the north west of England UK, 1992
Isle of Wight noun a light. Rhyming slang UK, 1998
Isle of Wight adjective...
... meaning ‘fit to eat’ (ritually clean in keeping with
religious dietary laws). Brought into Englishslang originally in the
East End of London UK, 1896. 3 in homosexual usage, circumcised
US, ... thrills.
Police slang, formed on an otherwise obsolete use of ‘knot’ (the
[head of the] penis)
UK, 1968
knotty adjective (of hair) in tight curls BAHAMAS, 1982
Knotty Ash noun cash. Rhyming slang, from ... Bacardi™ (a branded white rum).
Rhyming slang, formed from Lord Nelson’s legendary last words
UK, 1992
kiss me quick; kiss me noun the penis; a fool. Rhyming slang for
PRICK, reflecting, to some...
... Rhyming slang UK, 1992
leg of lamb noun an impressive person. Jocular alteration of LEGEND
AUSTRALIA
, 1996
leg of mutton; leg noun a button. Rhyming slang UK, 1992
leg of pork noun chalk. Rhyming slang ... cocaine. Rhyming slang for CHARLIE UK, 1996
lemon curd noun 1 a young woman. Rhyming slang for BIRD.
Sometimes abbreviated to ‘lemon’ UK, 1988. 2 a piece of excrement.
Rhyming slang for TURD UK, ... 1996
lemon squash noun a wash. Rhyming slang UK, 1992
lemon-squeezer; lemon noun a fellow, a man. Rhyming slang for
GEEZER UK, 1979
lemon squeezy adjective easy. Rhyming slang, taken from an elabor-
ation...
... motor-scooters. Abbreviated
from ‘modernist’. Wittily defined in the 6th edition of The
Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 1967, as ‘a
teenager unable to afford a motorcycle, and doing his damnedest
with ... noun a beard. Glasgow rhyming slang (a good rhyme in
the local accent) UK: SCOTLAND, 1988
merry old soul noun 1 a hole. Rhyming slang UK, 1992. 2 the anus.
Rhyming slang for ARSEHOLE; a specialism ... so on
US, 1928. 2 cocaine.
Rhyming slang UK, 1996
Marylou noun glue. Rhyming slang UK, 1992
Mary Rose noun a nose, especially a notably large specimen.
Rhyming slang, apparently formed from the...
... on-course
bookmaker was not in force until 1972
UK, 1960. 2 a coat. Rhyming
slang UK, 1971. 3 the throat. Rhyming slang UK, 1992. 4 aboat.
Rhyming slang UK, 1989. < get your nanny goat; get your
nanny
to ... 1955
now adverb soon; in time; in a vaguely specified time. A stereotypical
example of ‘Wenglish’ (a blending of English and Welsh typical of
the valleys of southeast Wales) UK: WALES, 1985
Now American ... stretch’
UK, 1958
neves and a half noun In bookmaker slang NEVES is 7–1, here the
addition of ‘a half’ increases the odds to 7½–1or 15–2. In
bookmaker slang NEVES is 7–1, here the addition of ‘a half’
increases...
... 1961
Pat and Mick adjective sick. Rhyming slang UK, 2003
Pat and Mike noun a bicycle. Rhyming slang for ‘bike’ UK, 1931
Pat Cash noun to urinate. Rhyming slang for SLASH,basedonthe
name of Australian ... 1984
Pommified adjective having taken on an English character AUSTRALIA,
1936
Pommy; Pommie noun an English person, or more loosely, a person
from Britain. Originally used of English immigrants to Australia, ... adjective silly. Rhyming slang, based on the famous
central London location
UK, 1992
Piccadilly Percy noun mercy. Rhyming slang UK, 1979
piccalilli noun the penis. Rhyming slang for WILLY,formedona
popular...
... primp.
British gay slang
UK, 1972
queased out adjective nauseated, sick US, 1993
Quebec wrench noun a beer bottle opener. The high consumption
rate of beer in Quebec is the source of this oral slang item
CANADA,
2001
queber ... 1976. 3 a twenty-five cent
betting token used in of craps US, 1983
Quaker oat noun a coat. Rhyming slang, formed from Quaker
Oats™, a brand of porridge
UK, 1932
quality noun < the quality anyone ... duck-calling device CANADA, 1945
quare adjective mediocre UK, 1983
quare hawk noun someone who is unconventional in some way
IRELAND, 1989
quare one noun wife IRELAND, 1997
quar ice noun water that...