noun General Slang

Salmon and trout

· noun · cockney

Cockney rhyming slang for snout — slang for tobacco.

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Definitions

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Tobacco — rhyming with 'snout', which is itself old prison slang for baccy. Heard most in nick (jail) contexts and old-school East End talk. Clipped to 'salmon' once everyone knows the score.

“Lend us a bit of salmon, I'm gasping and the canteen's shut.”
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Stout, the dark beer. Same rhyme, different target — less common than the tobacco sense but historically attested. 'Pint of salmon' will get you a Guinness from the right barman.

“Two pints of salmon and trout, please mate.”
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Salmon and trout In A Sentence

Lend us a bit of salmon, I'm gasping and the canteen's shut.
Two pints of salmon and trout, please mate.

Origin & Usage

Cockney rhyming slang, 20th century, with strong roots in British prison slang.

Variants salmon
Tags #cockney#rhyming-slang#smoking#british#prison

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