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sue 19th Apr 2016
Here is some cockney slang words that is still used today. There is loads more.

Up the apple and pears = stairs
Ruby Murray = curry
Tom and dick = sick
Rosy lea = tea
Jack Jones = alone
Dog and bone = phone
Can you Adam and Eve it = Believe it
Trouble and strife = The wife
Kettle and Hob = Watch
Barnet = Hair

Talita 2nd May 2016
ahh we loved these Sue. We have created a new activity based on this contribution, thank you!
https://www.goldencarers.com/cockney-slang-rhyming-words/4729/
Talita 3rd Jun 2014
Please do! We will add them to the list.
Alison 3rd Jun 2014
Too funny!
And yes Mandy being a POM I too could add a few.....maybe we should!
Mandy 27th May 2014
This made me laugh, being a POM i could add so many differant ones to this, especailly as we have so many dialects. That has given me an idea :)
claire 13th May 2014
This really made me giggle!

Just to clarify,

Gobsmacked (not godsmacked..maybe a typo) is what we say when something happens that is unbelievable and your lost for words/amazed by something.

A quid is actually a pound coin!

Loving the site by the way!
Talita 13th May 2014
Thanks Claire! We've fixed up the typo and elaborated on the other one.
Cheers!
Lisa 14th May 2018
A quid is one pound sterling, not necessarily a pound coin. Ie - can you give us a few quid?
Could mean a fiver or tenner also

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