#rhyming

Cockney for neck — 'Gregory Peck' rhymes with neck, clipped to a 'Gregory'.

Cockney for the Flying Squad — 'Sweeney Todd' rhymes with Squad, clipped to 'the Sweeney'.

Stealing somebody's rhymes, moves, or style and trying to pass it off as your own.

Cockney for wig — 'syrup of figs' rhymes with wig, clipped to a 'syrup'.

Cockney rhyming slang for believe — 'would you Adam and Eve it?'

Cockney rhyming slang for a car — 'nice jam jar, mate'.

Cockney for face — 'boat race' rhymes with face, clipped to your 'boat'.

Cockney rhyming slang for skint — totally broke, from 'boracic lint'.

Cockney for sick — 'Tom and Dick' rhymes with sick, often clipped to feeling 'Tom'.

Cockney for boots — 'daisy roots' rhymes with boots, clipped to your 'daisies'.

Cockney for mouth — 'north and south' rhymes with mouth, as in 'shut your north and south'.

Cockney for telephone — 'dog and bone' rhymes with phone, clipped to the 'dog'.

Cockney for eyes — 'mince pies' rhymes with eyes, clipped to your 'minces'.

Cockney rhyming slang for a Yank — a not-so-flattering term for an American.

Cockney rhyming slang for a curry — shortened to 'a ruby'.

Cockney for mate — 'china plate' rhymes with mate, clipped to 'me old china'.

Cockney rhyming slang for starving — 'I'm Hank Marvin' means you're famished.

To hang out and relax, or to drop a verse, depending on how you're using it.

Cockney rhyming slang for the missus — your wife or partner.

Cockney rhyming slang for lies — shortened to 'porkies'.

The clipped Cockney form of 'plates of meat' — meaning feet, usually sore ones.

Cockney rhyming slang for facts — survives in 'get down to brass tacks'.

Head or brains — from loaf of bread = head; use your loaf means think.

Modern Cockney rhyming slang for a clue — 'I haven't got a Scooby'.

Cockney for feet — 'plates of meat' rhymes with feet, clipped to your 'plates'.

Cockney for hair — 'Barnet Fair' rhymes with hair, clipped to your 'Barnet'.

To grab the microphone and command the crowd with serious skill and energy.

Cockney for legs — 'bacon and eggs' rhymes with legs, often a compliment about 'lovely bacons'.

Cockney rhyming slang for stink — something that pen and inks smells bad.

Lies — from cockney rhyming slang "porky pies" = lies.

Cockney for wife — 'trouble and strife' rhymes with wife, clipped to 'the trouble'.

Cockney for flares — 'Lionel Blairs' rhymes with flares, clipped to 'Lionels'.

Cockney for a piano — 'Joanna' rhymes with the Cockney pronunciation 'pianna'.

Cockney for dead — 'brown bread' rhymes with dead, used both literally and as a threat.

Cockney rhyming slang for stairs — the textbook example everyone learns first.

Cockney for teeth — 'Hampstead Heath' rhymes with teeth, clipped to your 'Hampsteads'.

Cockney rhyming slang for a suit — shortened to 'whistle'.

Hair — cockney rhyming slang from Barnet Fair = hair.

Cockney for a fart — 'raspberry tart' rhymes with fart, and a rude noise became a 'raspberry'.

Cockney for kids — 'dustbin lids' rhymes with kids, usually clipped to 'dustbins'.

Cockney rhyming slang for money — 'bees' for short.

Cockney for telly — 'custard and jelly' rhymes with telly, clipped to the 'custard'.

Cockney for a fiver — Lady Godiva rhymes with five-er, so a fiver becomes a 'Lady'.

Cockney for thief — 'tea leaf' rhymes with thief, used to call someone a 'tea leaf'.

Cockney for head — 'loaf of bread' rhymes with head, behind the phrase 'use your loaf'.

A look — cockney rhyming slang from butcher's hook = look; have a butchers means have a look.

Cockney for money — 'bread and honey' rhymes with money, the likely root of 'bread' for cash.