noun General Slang

Oily rag

· noun · cockney

Cockney rhyming slang for a fag — a cigarette.

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Definitions

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A cigarette. Rhymes with 'fag' (which in British English is a ciggie, not the slur). Sometimes clipped to 'oily', as in 'giz an oily'. Has nothing to do with the taste, despite what your lungs tell you.

“Nipping outside for an oily rag, back in two.”
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Oily rag In A Sentence

Nipping outside for an oily rag, back in two.

Origin & Usage

Cockney rhyming slang, 20th century.

Variants oily
Tags #cockney#rhyming-slang#smoking#british

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