Cockney Rhyming Slang Translation

To help you understand Christopher Wales' Cockney Rhyming Slang Lament.

• Uncle Dick - sick
• whistle and flute - suit
• mince pies - eyes
• butchers hook - look
• loaf of bread - head
• boat race - face
• two and eight - state
• skin and blister - sister
• trouble and strife - wife
• apples and pears - stairs
• china plate - mate
• Jack Jones - own alone
• Aris - Aristotle = bottle = bottle and glass - arse
• tin tack - sack (fired)
• Bristol city - titty
• oily rags - fags (cigarettes)
• north and south - mouth
• pigs ear - beer
• Hampstead Heath - teeth
• Berkshire Hunt - say no more!
• rabbit and pork - talk
• icecream freezer - geezer (man)
• ginger beer - queer
• Barnett Fair - hair
• daisey roots - boots
• Dicky Dirt - shirt