Rhyming Slang Definition | What is Rhyming Slang? - PoetrySoup
Definition
[n] slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component; "Cockney rhyming slang"
Device invented by 'Cockney geezers' to conceal the subject of conversations from eavesdroppers and/or the police. Examples include: apples and pears (stairs), Barnet Fair (hair), butchers' hook (look) and Chalfont St. Giles (piles). Not to be confused with Cockney Poetry.
See Also...
argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular
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