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EXAMPLES OF SENTENCES USING
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COCKNEY SLANG |
MEANING | WAY IN WHICH IT MAYBE USED |
| Adam and Eve | Believe | Would you Adam and Eve it? |
| Alligator | Later | See you later alligator. |
| Apples and Pears | Stairs | Get up those apples to bed! |
| Army and Navy | Gravy | Pass the army, will you? |
| Bacon and Eggs | Legs | She has such long bacons. |
| Barnet Fair | Hair | I'm going to have my barnet cut. |
| Bees and Honey | Money | Hand over the bees. |
| Biscuits and Cheese | Knees | Ooh! What knobbly biscuits! |
| Bull and Cow | Row | We don't have to have a bull about it. |
| Butcher's Hook | Look | I had a butchers at it through the window. |
| Cobbler's Awls | Balls | You're talking cobblers! |
| Crust of Bread | Head | Use your crust, lad. |
| Daffadown Dilly | Silly | She's a bit daffy. |
| Hampton Wick | Prick | You're getting on my wick! |
| Khyber Pass | Arse | Stick that up your Khyber. |
| Loaf of Bread | Head | Think about it; use your loaf. |
| Mince Pies | Eyes | What beautiful minces. |
| Oxford Scholar | Dollar | Could you lend me an Oxford? |
| Pen and Ink | Stink | Pooh! It pens a bit in here. |
| Rabbit and Pork | Talk | I don't know what she's rabbiting about. |
| Raspberry Tart | Fart | I can smell a raspberry. |
| Scarpa Flow | Go | Scarpa! The police are coming! |
| Trouble and Strife | Wife | The trouble's been shopping again. |
| Uncle Bert | Shirt | I'm ironing my Uncle. |
| Weasel and Stoat | Coat | Where's my weasel? |
There are a couple of other pages on this site covering this subject; one gives the word then the relevant cockney slang phrase the other lists the phrases and then provides the meaning.
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