rhyming slang
a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
a further removal from the original word intended by ellipsis of the rhyming part, as titfer for tit for tat for hat.
Origin of rhyming slang
1Words Nearby rhyming slang
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How to use rhyming slang in a sentence
The punk movement started here, as did the infamous Cockney rhyming slang.
Nose em is but a contraction of the rhyming slang, which see.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden HottenAnd now, if there is any secret about the rhyming slang, it is this—the rhyme is left out.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden HottenIf the rhyming slang was ever, during its existence, regarded as a secret language, its secrecy has long since departed from it.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten
British Dictionary definitions for rhyming slang
slang in which a word is replaced by another word or phrase that rhymes with it; for example, apples and pears meaning stairs
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