rhyming slang
noun
: slang in which the word intended is replaced by a word or phrase that rhymes with it (such as loaf of bread for head) or the first part of the phrase (such as loaf for head)
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In the lobby, there’s a 30ft Big Ben sculpture, which comes in the guise of a rocket-ship, restaurant tables are printed with rhyming slang and oversized gold lights, which give a nod to the city’s church bells, hang above the public spaces.
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 27 June 2022
This otherwise unassuming East End street is transformed into a swathe of magnificent plant life, the air fragrant with blooms and the shouts of historic London's famous Cockney – that's English rhyming slang – stallholders.
—Ramsay Short, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2018
That’s because much of the novel is written using Nadsat, a dystopian teenage subculture language fusing British rhyming slang and Russian that Burgess created for the book.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 7 June 2017
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 27 June 2022
This otherwise unassuming East End street is transformed into a swathe of magnificent plant life, the air fragrant with blooms and the shouts of historic London's famous Cockney – that's English rhyming slang – stallholders.
—Ramsay Short, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2018
That’s because much of the novel is written using Nadsat, a dystopian teenage subculture language fusing British rhyming slang and Russian that Burgess created for the book.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 7 June 2017
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