rhyming slang

English

Noun

rhyming slang (usually uncountable, plural rhyming slangs)

  1. Any system of slang in which a word is replaced with a phrase that rhymes with it; the rhyming word often being dropped.

Derived terms
Examples

bees and honey (money)

See also
  • Appendix:Cockney rhyming slang (list)
  • Appendix:Australian rhyming slang (list)
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