noun General Slang

Bubble and squeak

· noun · cockney-deep

Cockney rhyming slang, usually for 'Greek'.

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Cockney rhyming slang for 'Greek', often used as a nickname for a Greek person (frequently clipped to 'bubble'). In parts of London a 'bubble' just means a Greek Cypriot.

“The chippy on the corner is run by a bubble, best kebabs in the area.”
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Same rhyming slang form also used for 'beak', London slang for a magistrate. Less common today but still found in older Cockney usage.

“Got nicked Friday, up in front of the bubble Monday morning.”
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Separately, and not slang: the traditional British fry-up dish of leftover potato and cabbage shallow-fried together. The rhyming slang borrowed the dish's name.

“Sunday roast leftovers always end up as bubble and squeak on Monday.”
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Bubble and squeak In A Sentence

The chippy on the corner is run by a bubble, best kebabs in the area.
Got nicked Friday, up in front of the bubble Monday morning.
Sunday roast leftovers always end up as bubble and squeak on Monday.

Origin & Usage

19th-century London. The dish is named for the sound it makes in the pan. The rhyming-slang senses came later, leaning on the dish's familiar name.

Variants bubble
Tags #cockney#london#rhyming-slang#british#food

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