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Rhyming Slang Examples

Pot of Good Cheer for an Oxford Scholar

By Larry Rivera, About.com

Here are some rhyming slang examples:

Adrians. Drunk. This comes from the name of noted tennis player Adrian Quist. Quist rhymes with pissed, which means drunk. You could also use the full name Adrian Quist. With today’s generation, the more apt word could be Olivers, from the musical Oliver about Oliver Twist.

Al Capone. Phone. Also dog and bone (shortened to dog) and eau de Cologne (shortened to eau).

Apples and pears. Stairs.

Bat and ball. Stall (your car).

Billy lid. Kid.

Burke and Wills. Dills. Don't be a Burke.

Butchers. Crook or look. From butcher’s hook.

Charlie. Woman. From Charlie Wheeler. Wheeler (pronounced wheelah) rhymes with sheila.

Dog’s eye. Meat pie.

Ducks and drakes. The shakes.

Farmer Giles. Piles (haemorrhoids).

Frog and toad. Road.

Gay and hearty. Party. Probably not very common nowadays because of the changed meaning of gay.

Gin sling. Ring. Mate, gimme a gin on the dog.

Goose’s neck. Cheque. Another term is Gregory Peck.

Horse’s hoof. Poof (homosexual).

Jack and Jill. Restaurant bill or, depending on context, contraceptive pill.

Joe Blakes. The shakes.

Joey Blake. Snake.

Johnny Horner. Corner.

Loaf. Head. From loaf of bread.

Morton Bay fig. Wig.

Oxford scholar. Dollar.

Pot of good cheer. Beer.

Reg Grundys. Undies.

Steak and kidney. Sydney.

Trouble 'n' strife. Wife.

Wally Grout. Shout, as in It’s your Wally. Depending on context, it could also mean stout or snout.

Warwicks. Arms. From Warwick Farm, a racecourse in southwestern Sydney.

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