noun General Slang

Bread And Honey

/ˌbrɛd ən ˈhʌni/ · noun · slang

Cockney for money — 'bread and honey' rhymes with money, the likely root of 'bread' for cash.

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Definitions

1

Clipped to 'bread', funds, wages, or ready cash.

“I'm a bit short of bread till payday.”
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2

Wealth or earnings in general, what keeps the household going.

“She brings in most of the bread and honey in that house.”
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Money. 'Bread and honey' rhymes with 'money', and is clipped to 'bread' — widely thought to be the source of the broader slang 'bread' for cash.

“Earning a bit of bread and honey down the market.”
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Bread And Honey In A Sentence

No bread and honey, no deal, simple as that.
He blew all his bread on the horses again.
There's good bread and honey in plumbing these days.

Origin & Usage

Twentieth-century Cockney rhyming slang on 'money'; lexicographers often credit it as the origin of the global slang 'bread' for cash, a sweet-tea-and-bread image rooted in working-class East End life within the slang tradition recorded since Hotten 1859, though the link to 'bread' is widely cited rather than firmly proven.

Variants bread
Tags #cockney#rhyming#british#uk#money

People Also Ask

What does bread and honey mean?

It's Cockney rhyming slang for money. 'Honey' rhymes with 'money', and it's shortened to 'bread'.

Did 'bread' for money come from this?

It's widely believed so — 'bread and honey' for money is often cited as the source — but the derivation is commonly stated rather than firmly proven.

Where did bread and honey come from?

From twentieth-century East End speech, evoking the everyday treat of bread and honey to rhyme with money.

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