noun General Slang

Holy Ghost

· noun · cockney

Cockney rhyming slang for toast.

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Bread, browned. Classic Cockney rhyming slang — Holy Ghost rhymes with toast, and that's the whole trick. Usually kept in full; rarely shortened, because 'pass us the holy' just sounds like a prayer request.

“Stick the kettle on and do us a couple of slices of holy ghost, would you?”
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Holy Ghost In A Sentence

Stick the kettle on and do us a couple of slices of holy ghost, would you?

Origin & Usage

Traditional Cockney rhyming slang, East End London, 19th–20th century.

Variants Holy ghost
Tags #cockney#rhyming-slang#food#british#breakfast

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