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For Charles Ponte
GLOSSARY OF COCKNEY RHYMING AND REVERSE SLANG, AND SOME COLLOQUIALISMS
Arf a tick: Wait a bit
Auntie Nelly: Belly (Cockney rhyming slang) Bags of: Plenty of; lots of Ball-of-Chalk: Walk (Cockney rhyming slang) On the bash: Dissolute life; primrose path; street-walking, etc.
Bees-and-Honey: Money (Cockney rhyming slang)
Berk, or Berkeley Hunt: Sucker; fool (Cockney rhyming slang)
Billingsgate: Gigantic wholesale fish market, traditional for violent invective
Bob: Shillingsilver coin worth about $.14 currently, $.25 in the 1930s
Bobby: Uniformed policeman; see Bogies
Bog: Lavatory
Bogies: Uniformed policemen; bobbies
Bolo: Off-angle; untidy
Brassy: Impudent; fresh
Bread-and-Lard: Hard (Cockney rhyming slang)
Bucket-and-Pail: Jail (Cockney rhyming slang)
Bugger off: Go away; scram
Bullocked, or Bullocks Horned: Pawned (Cockney rhyming slang)
Bunce: Perquisites; gravy or schmalz
Busies: Plainclothes policemen; detectives
Cadge: Borrow; promote; bum
Carsey: Lavatory
Chancer: One who chances his armi.e., a vain taker of impudent risks
Charing Cross: Horse (Cockney rhyming slang)
China plate: Mate (Cockney rhyming slang)
Chit: Bill; accounting; I.O.U.
Chivvy, or Chevy Chase: Face (Cockney rhyming slang)
Cinema: Moving-picture theater
Cocko: Buddy; male term of address
Come the old soldier: Be a chancer and malingerer at the same time; lie and shirk; gold brick
Cop: Grab; snatch; pilfer
Cosh: Blackjack
Cruncheon: See Truncheon
Cuif: Hair curl on or over a mans forehead
Cuppa: Cup of tea
Daisies, or Daisy Roots: Boots; shoes (Cockney rhyming slang)
Damager: Manager (Cockney reverse slang)
Dekko: Look; glance
Ding-dong: Song (Cockney rhyming slang)
Doolally. Balmy; crazy
Do a flit: Skip without paying room rent
To do: Flim-flam; con; cheat; frame; fight
Drop o short: A short measure of spirits (Cockney slang)
Duke-of-York: Fork; hand (Cockney rhyming slang)
Faggot: Working mans rissole of chopped odds and ends
Farthing: Copper coin equal to 1/4 British penny, currently worth $.14, $.25 in 1930s
Fascia: Signboard above shop front
Five-to-two: Jew (Cockney rhyming slang)
Flex: Telephone cord
A float: Small change to transact days business
Flob your gob: Vomit
Flog: Peddle; pawn; sell
To fluff: Catch on; get the idea
F.L., or French letter: Latex contraceptive
Gaff: Show; theater
Gee up: Encourage; egg on
Get a wire on: Receive an anonymous tip
Graft: Honest toil; i.e., a hard days graft is a hard days work
Guinea: Coin now out of circulation but still quoted in prices; equal to one pound, one shilling, or 21 shillings; worth $2.94 currently; $5.25 in 1930s
Half crown: Silver coin equal to two shillings, sixpence; worth $.33 currently; $.63 in 1930s
Half-inch: Pinch (Cockney rhyming slang)i.e., filch; steal
Hearts-of-oak: Broke (Cockney rhyming slang)
Heavens above: Love (Cockney rhyming slang)
Irish Rose: Nose (Cockney rhyming slang)
Jordan: Chamberpot
Johnny Horner: Corner (Cockney rhyming slang)
Johnny Rann: Scran (Cockney rhyming slang)i.e.,
food
Joss paper: Incense
Jumper: Sweater
Keyster: Suitcase; traveling bag
Kip: Bed; sleepi.e., cop a nip is grab a nap
Lark: High jinks; frolic
A lay: Scheme; trick; plot
Layabout: Good-for-nothing; lazy bum
Little Bo-Peep: Sleep (Cockney rhyming slang)
Loaf-of-Bread: Head (Cockney rhyming slang)
Lord-of-the-Manor: Tanner (Cockney rhyming slang)i.e., sixpence
Love-in-a-Punt: Beer (Cockney rhyming slang)
To madam: Hand out nonsensei.e., dont madam me is dont give me any stuff
Martins-le-Grand: Hand (Cockney rhyming slang)
Mickey: Spiriti.e., take the mickey out is cut down a peg; take the starch out
Milkmans horse: Cross (Cockney rhyming slang)
Mince pies: Eyes (Cockney rhyming slang)
Mincing machine: Food chopper
Mob-handed: Rabble; in a mob
Monkey-nuts: Peanuts
Multiple shops: Chain storesi.e., Multiple chemists is chain drugstores
Nark: Informer; stool pigeon
Never-never: Installment plan purchasingi.e., Never-never, can you finish paying
Nicker: Pounds sterlingsee Quid and Sovereign
Niff: Odor
Nipper: Child
Nip out: Rush
North-and-South: Mouth (Cockney rhyming slang)
Oliver Twist: Fist (Cockney rhyming slang)
Paisley Disaster: Historic holocaust in movie theater where many children perished
Take a penorth, or take a pennyworth: Take a ride i.e., go away; scram
Pigs ear: Beer (Cockney rhyming slang)
Pong: Unpleasant physical odor; B.O
Put a sock in: Stop; lay off; quit
Pinch: Pilfer; steal
Plates-of-meat: Feet (Cockney rhyming slang)
Plong: Sell stolen stuff; push hot goods
Pope-of-Rome: Home (Cockney rhyming slang)
Poste Restante: P.O. box
Pot-and-Pan: Man (Cockney rhyming slang)
Potato crisps: Potato chips
Quid: Pounds sterlinga pound being worth about $2.80 currently; $5 in the 1930s; also see Nicker and Sovereign
Randy: Round
Raspberry tart: Heart (Cockney rhyming slang)
Rissole: Rice-filled hamburger
Rolling billows: Pillows (Cockney rhyming slang)
Rorty: Quarrelsome; ferocious
Rosie Lee: Cup of tea (Cockney rhyming slang)
Roundabouts: Carousel; merry-go-round
Scrounge: Promote; borrow
Shoot the Moon: Skip without paying room rent
Skilly: Oatmeal and water; weak gruel
Skiver: Someone who avoids duty
Skivvy: Contemptuous term for domestic servant
Skyrocket: Pocket (Cockney rhyming slang)
Smashing: Wonderful; marvelous
Snob: Shoe mender; cobbler
Sod: Term of abuse
Sovereign: Gold coin withdrawn from circulation and worth a pound; see Quid and Nicker
Smithfield: Gigantic wholesale meat market and traditional source for reverse slang
Spit-and-polish: Immaculate dress (from military)
Up the spout: Up the flue; bankrupt
Strike-me-dead: Bread (Cockney rhyming slang)
Stone: Measure of weight, equals 14 lbs.
Tanner: Silver coin equal to 1/2 shilling; worth $.07 currently; $.125 in 1930s
Tea-leaf: Thief (Cockney rhyming slang)
Ting-a-ling: Money; change
Titfer, or Tit-for-Tat: Hat (Cockney rhyming slang)
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