Cockney Rhyming Slang (Hardback)
Shelley Klein (author)
£4.99
Hardback
96 Pages
Published: 01/10/2009
Published: 01/10/2009
Have you ever been lost for words in the East End markets? Ever got your Gertie Gitanas (bananas) confused with your corns and bunions (onions) and it's all gone a bit Pete Tong (wrong)? Cockney Rhyming Slang is a quick, easy-to-use guide to some of the most frequently used, up-to-date as well as old-fashioned phrases.
Including:
. 'apples and pears' - stairs
. 'Barnet Fair' - hair
. 'sausage and mash' - crash
. 'bubble bath' - laugh
. 'Britney Spears' - beers
. 'has beens' - greens
. 'dig a grave' - shave
An entertaining collection that explains the ever-evolving dialect of London's East End, with Cockney Rhyming Slang you'll be conversing with the street traders of the East End with no Barney Rubble (trouble).
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781843173748
Number of pages: 96
Weight: 154 g
Dimensions: 122 x 127 x 15 mm
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