Inky Smudge is Cockney slang for Judge.
He's mustard, for example, means “He's great.†It's this idea, of mustard as “excellent†or “great,†that seems to be at work in cut the mustard.
""Toby" means "road" in this context, but it isn't rhyming slang. It seems to come from about 1811. It is derived from the language of Irish travellers who use the word "tober" to mean road. Another related expression is the toby meaning highway robbery.
Kettle and hob = watch This is a confusing phrase as it doesn't rhyme with its modern day meaning. The term means watch, which has stemmed from a fob watch which was a pocket watch with attached to the body with a small chain. The kettle used to boil on the hob of a stove… hence the rhyme.
Carpet is Cockney Rhyming Slang for 3!
(Cockney rhyming slang) Sweetheart (from treacle tart). Listen, treacle, this is the last time I'll warn you!
What's the origin of the phrase 'Mutt and Jeff'?
The Mutt 'n' Jeff variant is is a nice example of Cockney rhyming slang. It originated with that meaning in the UK in the 1960s and is sometimes shortened just to 'mutton'. allude to the fact that in the Mutt and Jeff cartoons one was tall and the other short.Brass - Prostitute (short for brass nail or cockney for brass flute) Examples/ definitions with source references. Short for brass nail (or cockney: brass flute), rhyming slang for tail, which is itself slang for, amongst other things, a woman and prostitute.
Lemon and Lime is Cockney slang for Crime.
Ocean Pearl is Cockney slang for Girl.
Chalk Farm – arm. china plate – mate (friend)
Aye. This archaism is still used as the formal response meaning "yes" in the British House of Commons. It is also an accepted substitute for yea in a voice vote in the US House of Representatives.
Some people have said that a three-month sentence was called a carpet because it took that long to make one in the prison workshop, but the rhyming slang joke on an existing usage makes more sense. (It doesn't ever seem to have meant so long a sentence as three years.)
One and t'Other is Cockney slang for Brother.
Derived from the 500 Rupee banknote, which featured a monkey. EXPLANATION: While this London-centric slang is entirely British, it actually stems from 19th Century India. Referring to £500, this term is derived from the Indian 500 Rupee note of that era, which featured a monkey on one side.
Ice Cream Freezer is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Geezer!
apples pl (plural only) (Cockney rhyming slang) Stairs.
A common term for 'hair' in the UK is 'barnet', as in 'I'm off to get my barnet cut'. This derives from Barnet fair, an ancient fete in North London. Similarly, to take a butcher's means to take a look (from butcher's hook).
Kite is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Cheque!
(Picture: Getty) The most widely recognised Cockney rhyming slang terms for money include 'pony' which is £25, a 'ton' is £100 and a 'monkey', which equals £500. Also used regularly is a 'score' which is £20, a 'bullseye' is £50, a 'grand' is £1,000 and a 'deep sea diver' which is £5 (a fiver).
1 : a plasterer's float consisting of a long narrow strip of wood with two handles. 2 : a trowel with a handle elevated above the blade for use as a darby. darby. transitive verb. \ " \
So we kept Lemon and added “Don't Get†to make “Don't Get Lemon†— Cockney rhyming slang which means don't get smart (lemon tart = smart). It's a famous line from a movie called The Football Factory which stars Danny Dyer who we use as kind of an inside joke in the band.â€
Cockle is Cockney slang for 10 pounds (tenner).
