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General Slang
tomfoolery
· noun · cockney
Cockney rhyming slang for jewellery.
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Jewellery — usually the kind being lifted, fenced, or worn flashier than it should be. Tomfoolery rhymes with jewellery, and in proper Cockney shorthand it's just 'tom'. A bloke 'covered in tom' is dripping in chains and sovereign rings, not messing about.
“Geezer walked in dripping in tom — must've had ten grand round his neck.”
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Standard English meaning still lives alongside it: silly, foolish behaviour. Mucking about, daft larks, kids messing on the back seat. This one predates the rhyming slang by centuries.
“Pack in the tomfoolery, we're trying to eat.”
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tomfoolery In A Sentence
Geezer walked in dripping in tom — must've had ten grand round his neck.
Pack in the tomfoolery, we're trying to eat.
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Variants
tom
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