| Rhyming Slang |
As in... |
Meaning |
| Apples & pears |
- |
Stairs |
| Aris |
Aristotle = bottle and glass |
Arse |
| Army & Navy |
- |
Locked in a cell |
| Barnet |
Barnet Fair |
Hair |
| Bin (or sky = sky rocket) |
- |
Pocket |
| (doing) Bird |
Birdlime |
Time (as in prison) |
| Bird-bandit |
- |
One who steals |
| Blag |
- |
To rob a payroll |
| Boat |
Boat Race |
Face |
| Bob Hope |
- |
Dope |
| Boracic |
Boracic flint |
Skint |
| Bottle-out |
- |
No courage or nerve |
| Brass |
Brass rubber = scrubber |
Prositute |
| Brahams |
Brahams & Liszt |
Pissed. See also Oliver |
| Brown Bread |
- |
Dead |
| Bubble |
Bubble & Squeak |
Greek |
| Bunce |
Bunson Burner |
Earner (or wages) |
| Bunny |
Rabbit & Pork |
Talk |
| Butchers |
Butcher's hook |
Look |
| Carpet |
- |
Three months in prison |
| Chelsea Potter |
- |
Judge |
| China |
China Plate |
Mate |
| Chocolate |
Chocolate Fudge |
Squatter |
| Cockle |
Cock & hen |
Ten |
| Connaught |
Connaught Rangers (An old Regiment) |
Stranger |
| Currant Bun |
- |
Sun |
| Dabs |
- |
Finger Prints |
| Daisies |
Daisy Roots |
Boots |
| Desmond |
Desmond Hackett (Well know Sports journalist in 40s and 50s) |
Jacket |
| Dickie |
Dickie Dirt |
Shirt |
| Doing a Royal |
- |
Turning Queens evidence |
| Dog |
Dog & bone |
Phone |
| Dot on the Card |
- |
Certainity |
| Dubbded up |
- |
Placed in a cell |
| Duke of Kent |
- |
Bent or rent |
| Face |
- |
A well known Criminal |
| Farmers (or Chalfont St. Giles) |
Farmer Giles |
Piles |
| Fit-up |
- |
False evidence |
| Firm |
- |
A gang |
| Frog & Toad |
- |
Road |
| Froth & bubble |
Trouble |
Sometimes relates to the wife |
| Gaffer |
- |
Landlord |
| Gaff, Drum |
- |
House or flat |
| Gas Meter Thieves |
- |
Minor Thieves (derisory) |
| GBH |
Grievous Bodily Harm |
To injure |
| Germans |
German bands |
Hands |
| Gee-up |
- |
Encourage someone |
| Gold-watch |
- |
Scotch |
| Grass |
Snake in the grass |
A snitch |
| Gregory |
Gregory Peck |
Cheque or neck |
| Guv, Guv'nor |
- |
Ones Superior |
| Hampsteads |
Hampstead Heath |
Teeth |
| Hooter |
- |
Nose |
| In the frame |
- |
The prime Suspect |
| Ice Cream |
Ice cream Freezer |
Geezer |
| Iron |
Iron Hoof |
Poof (Gay man) |
| Jacks |
Jacks Alive |
Five (Fiver) |
| Jack the Ripper |
- |
Kipper or stripper |
| Jam |
Jam jar |
Car |
| Jug |
- |
Bank |
| K or a long 'un |
From the computer world |
A thousand |
| Kettle |
Kettle & hob |
Fob (Watch) |
| Kosher |
Hewbrew |
The genuine article |
| Lemon |
Lemon Dash |
Flash |
| Loop-the-loop |
Lucozade |
Soup |
| Luke |
- |
Spade (Black Person) |
| Make one |
- |
A prison escape or planned Robbery |
| Marking your card |
- |
Advice |
| A meet |
- |
An appointment or date |
| Minces |
Mince Pies |
Eyes |
| Monkey |
- |
£500 |
| Moody |
- |
Wrong |
| Motor |
Motor Boat |
Throat |
| Mutton |
Mute & jeff |
Deaf |
| A Nonce |
Nonsense |
Sex offender |
| Nosh |
- |
Food |
| Oliver |
Oliver Twist |
Pissed, drunk |
| On your Jack |
Jack Jones |
Alone |
| On your Pat |
Pat Malone |
Alone |
| On your Tod |
Tod Sloane |
Alone |
| Peckham |
Peckham Rye |
Tie |
| Penny Stamp |
- |
Tramp |
| Peter |
- |
Safe or cell |
| Plates |
Plates of meat |
Feet |
| Pony |
- |
£25 |
| Poppy |
Poppy Red |
Bread (money) |
| Porkies |
Pork Pies |
Lies |
| Quaker |
Quaker Oat |
Coat |
| Richard |
Richard the third |
Bird (girl) |
| Rickit |
- |
A mistake |
| Rock 'n'Roll |
- |
Dole |
| Roller |
- |
A Rolls-Royce |
| Rubbidy Dub |
- |
Pub, Hotel |
| Ruby |
Ruby Murray |
Curry |
| The S.P. |
Starting prices |
Geniune Information |
| Scarper |
Scapa flow |
Go |
| Score |
- |
Twenty |
| Scotches |
Scotch eggs |
Legs |
| Sexton |
Sexton Blake (Old TV show) |
Steak or Fake |
| Shmutter |
Yiddish |
Clothes or suit |
| Shooter |
- |
Revolver |
| Shtum |
- |
Be quiet |
| Shtuk |
- |
Misfortune, trouble |
| Snout |
- |
Police informer |
| Spiel |
- |
Patter/gambling |
| Stand-at-ease |
- |
Cheese |
| Steam Tugs |
- |
Drugs |
| Strawberries |
Strawberry Tart |
Heart |
| The Strength |
- |
Real Information |
| Stretch |
- |
Prison Sentence |
| Suss it out |
- |
Find out |
| A Syrup (Occasionally Irish) |
Syrup of figs, or Irish jigs |
Wig |
| Tea leaf |
- |
Thief |
| Tiddlywink |
Chink |
Chinese |
| Tifter |
Tit for Tat |
Hat |
| Tod |
Tod Sloane |
Alone |
| Tom |
Tomfoolery |
Jewellery |
| Tom |
Tom Cat |
Prostitute |
| Tweedle or on the tweedle |
- |
To substitute a fake article for a geniune article |
| Two and eight |
- |
(to be in a) State/Mess or upset |
| Vera |
Vera Lynn |
Gin |
| Weekend gangsters |
- |
People who go to work but mix with criminals in the evening |
| Weighed in |
Bookmakers pay out after jockeys are weighed in |
A debt paid |
| Weighed off |
- |
The sentence after the defendant has been found guilty |
| Wind up |
- |
A verbal trick/joking/teasing |
| Whistle |
Whistle & Flute |
Suit |
