Cockney Slang

From watching Ronnie Barker or visiting London, many residents would have heard of the cockney slang! Nowadays not many people use London’s Eastend slang, nether the less we can still enjoy these rhymes.

Phrases Meaning

Donkey’s ears Years Ruby Murray Curry Tom and dick Sick Rosy lea Tea Jack Jones Alone Dog and bone Phone Can you Adam and Eve it Believe it Trouble and strife The wife What to do Kettle and Hob Watch Barnet Fair Hair Bull and cow Row Read out the cockney slang and Weasel and Stoat Coat see if the residents can guess Pen and Ink Stink the phrase. Mince pies Eyes Bird lime Time (in prison) This can be a quiz in your coffee Adam and Eve Believe mornings or on a one to one Battle cruiser Boozer basis. Bob Hope Soap Ascot Races Braces Baker’s Dozen Cousin Watch Custard and jelly Telly Mr Lucky Adrian Mole Dole Eastenders Cain and Able Table The Two Ronnies Hampstead Heath Teeth Call the midwife Trouble and Strife Wife Bricks and Mortar Daughter Tea Leaf Thief Bees and Honey Money EastEnders Pub Burton on Trent Rent Half Inch Pinch Quiz Ball of Chalk Walk Cherry Ripe ┬áPipe Set up your own Queen Vic. Almond Rocks Socks Dicky Dirt Shirt Ask a resident to dress up as Frog and Toad Road Peggy Mitchell the barmaid. How d’ya Dos Shoes Peggy Mitchells catchphrase Westminster Abbey Shabby was “Get out my pub.” Bushel and Peck Neck Two Thirty Dirty Purchase different beers, pub Pen and Ink Stink snacks and coasters. North and South Mouth Mince áPies Eyes Print masks off of different I Suppose Nose characters for resident to wear Saucepan Lid Kid (even just for a photograph) Uncle Fred Bread Pauline Fowler Early Doors Drawers Arthur Fowler George Raft Draft Den & Angie Watts Rubber Dub Pub

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