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Sexton Blake
· phrase · cockney
Cockney rhyming slang for fake.
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Fake. Cockney rhyming slang where Sexton Blake — the Victorian detective hero — rhymes with fake. Used of dodgy goods, knock-off gear, or anything pulled off a Romford Road market stall with the label still wonky. Often clipped to 'sexton'.
“Don't waste your money, that Rolex is a right Sexton Blake.”
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Cake. Less common second sense — same name, rhymes with cake instead. Mostly heard around a tea-table rather than a knock-off watch deal.
“Stick the kettle on and cut us a slice of Sexton Blake.”
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Sexton Blake In A Sentence
Don't waste your money, that Rolex is a right Sexton Blake.
Stick the kettle on and cut us a slice of Sexton Blake.
Origin & Usage
Sexton Blake was a fictional London detective who first appeared in The Halfpenny Marvel in 1893 — a working-class Sherlock Holmes who ran for nearly a century in penny dreadfuls and comics.
Variants
sexton
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