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The Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary
The Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary
Apr 28, 2025 12:11 AM

Author:Geoff Tibballs

The Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary

The classic pocket guide to the language of London.

This wonderful little guide to cockney rhyming slang contains over 1,700 old and new rhymes translated from Cockney to English and English to Cockney, including:

Custard and jelly - telly

Hot cross bun - nun

Lemon tart - smart

Rock ’n’ roll - dole

Sticky toffee - coffee

...and many more. Master the art of the Cockney rhyme and discover the Cockney origins of common British phrases.

Reviews

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—— Sunday Telegraph

A new compendium collects together in brief humorous guides to adult life, covering everything from coping with high cholesterol to understanding teenagers, and our favourite, getting on the housing ladder

—— Big Issue

Really smart

—— Gaby Hinsliff , Guardian

From beauty routines and housework expectations to the way mothers are often treated in the workplace, the Man Who Has It All shares expertly flipped one-liners.

—— Stylist

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I alternately sniggered and raged my way through this book. Devilishly genius.

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For feminism that makes you laugh. Despair, but also laugh.

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Hilarious and eye-opening.

—— Huffington Post

Playfully subversive and long overdue, this book takes those ubiquitous gender stereotypes and grinds them to dust. Very funny indeed.

—— Rebecca Front

Making everyone giggle.

—— New York Post

Perfect satire.

—— Upworthy

If you love satire, you'll love this.

—— Viv Groskop on Woman's Hour

Terrific!

—— Joanne Harris
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