This'll help you to understand the Cockney Rhyming Slang Lament written by Christopher Wales.
- 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
© 2003 Christopher Wales
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