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[15]: 29 An example of rhyming slang based only on sound is the Cockney "tea leaf" (thief). [ 15 ] : 29 An example of phono-semantic rhyming slang is the Cockney "sorrowful tale" ((three months in) jail), [ 15 ] : 30 in which case the person coining the slang term sees a semantic link, sometimes jocular, between the Cockney expression and its ...
His calm-headedness led to his nickname, from the Cockney rhyming slang for cold ("taters in the mould"). [2] Chatham's only daughter was killed in Norway during the Second World War. [3] In the post-war years Chatham became more prolific, becoming known as "Britain’s busiest jewel thief". He enjoyed reading the reporting of his heists in the ...
Cockney speakers have distinctive accents and dialects and occasionally use rhyming slang. The Survey of English Dialects took a recording from a long-time resident of Hackney in the 1950s, and the BBC made another recording in 1999 which showed how the accent had changed. [36] [37] One of the characteristic pronunciations of Cockney is th ...
Cockney rhyming slang. 39 Steps From the 39 Steps: 40 Life begins Refers to the proverb 'life begins at forty'. Naughty 40 Possibly in reference to the Naughty Forty. 41 Time for fun Rhymes with "forty-one". 42 Winnie the Pooh Rhymes with "forty-two" and in reference to Winnie-the-Pooh, a beloved UK children's book character. 43 Down on your knees
Slang for an American federal agent, often used online. Originates from a quote by Terry A. Davis. Glatta From Norwegian "glattcelle", meaning "holding cell". Grass Cockney (English) rhyming slang for a police informant: Grasshopper = Copper. [30] Alternative suggestions are from "Narc in the Park", or the song "WhisperingGrass". Green Onions
Nobby Clark is also cockney rhyming slang for a shark. People Nobby Clark (disambiguation) ... Nobby Cranton, a gentleman thief in the Dorothy L. Sayers book The Nine ...
A thief in 1839 claimed that the cant he had seen in print was nothing like the cant then used by gypsies, thieves and beggars. He also said that each of these used distinct vocabularies, which overlapped; the gypsies having a cant word for everything, and the vagrants using a lower style than the thieves. [5]
It is often referred to by the nicknames the "Heavy Mob" or "the Sweeney" (rhyming slang for Flying Squad, from Sweeney Todd). [ 1 ] This was the era in which the squad's close ties with the criminal fraternity, which had always been a necessary part of its strategy, were being exposed to public criticism.