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Rhyming Slang

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Noun

1. rhyming slang

slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component

Example Sentences:
'Cockney rhyming slang'

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Rhyming Slang

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noun
slang in which a word is replaced by another word or phrase that rhymes with it; for example, apples and pears meaning stairs

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Rhyming Slang

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a form of language play, esp. as used by cockneys, in which a phrase is substituted for a single word with which the last word of the phrase rhymes (Ex.: trouble and strife used for wife, apples and pears for stairs)

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Rhyming Slang

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n.
Slang in which a word is replaced by a word or phrase that rhymes with it, as mate by China plate, often with the rhyming word being dropped from the phrase.

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