Carpet Rhyming Slang

Apples and pears.

Carpet rhyming slang.

The world s biggest and most accurate dictionary of cockney plus the cockney blog the cockney translator and much more. Bees bees and honey money. Cockney rhyming slang from 1960s and perhaps earlier since beehive has meant the number five in rhyming slang since at least the 1920s. Each slang is ranked and rated by real cockney speakers.

Rhyming slang is believed to have originated in the mid 19th century in the east end of london with sources suggesting some time in the 1840s. Rate carpet classic modern mockney. See carpet used in context. 100 rhymes 4 shakespeare works several books and articles.

Ratings for carpet this slang has been rated. Cockney rhyming slang from the late 1800s. Created by true cockneys. Welcome to my complete dictionary of cockney rhyming slang.

Click on a word above to view its definition. It dates from around 1840 among the predominantly cockney population of the east end of london who are well known for having a characteristic accent and speech patterns. Apples and pears. Commonly used words are shown in bold.

Carpeting manufactured in strips that are joined together to form the required size originally used to fill the space defined by a separate border carpet. There are several meanings of carpet in both cockney and other slangs. That carpet bag was cockney rhyming slang for a drag which was generally used to describe a three month sentence. One may order a pint of carpet in a battle or rubber.

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Also that in. Yes cockney rhyming slang is a foreign language to most people so i thought i d let you in on the secret and help non cockneys translate some of our favourite london sayings. Rate any slang as. Rare words are dimmed.