What is a cherry hog?

Cherry Hogg is Cockney slang for Dog.
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What is the Cockney slang for brother?

One and t'Other is Cockney slang for Brother.
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What is Cockney rhyming slang for dad?

Pot and Pan is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Old man (father or husband)!
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What is Germans Cockney rhyming slang for?

German Band is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Hand! Slippery Slope.
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What is Cockney rhyming slang for dog?

London Fog is Cockney slang for Dog.

It could get so bad the fog was known as a Pea Souper . It's not surprising that the fog became attached to something in rhyming slang.
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Why are balls called Jacobs?

Get Me Out of Here!, became well known for his frequent use of the term "Jacobs", for Jacob's Crackers, a rhyming slang term for knackers i.e. testicles.
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Why do Cockneys call a watch a kettle?

The term means watch, which stemmed from a 'fob' watch which was a pocket watch attached to the body with a small chain. The kettle used to boil on the hob of a stove… hence the rhyme.
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What is Cockney Bunny?

Fluffy Bunny is Cockney slang for Money.
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What does haddock mean in Cockney slang?

Haddock and Bloater is Cockney slang for Motor.
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What does custard mean in Cockney?

"No one's watching the custard" means "no one's watching the TV." "Custard and jelly" rhymes with "telly."
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What is the Kermit in Cockney slang?

Kermit is Cockney slang for Road.
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What's the lemon Cockney?

Lemon and Lime is Cockney slang for Crime.
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What does take a Toby mean?

Ride the toby or ply the toby meaning practice highway robbery. There are many other related expressions centering around highway robbery.
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How do you say Girl in Cockney?

Ocean Pearl is Cockney slang for Girl.
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What is a Peter in Cockney slang?

Peter is slang for 'safe', as in money box.
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Why do Cockneys call 25 a pony?

Whilst this is not cemented in fact, the widely held belief is that the terms came from soldiers returning to Britain from India. Old Indian rupee banknotes had animals on them and it is said that the 500 rupee note had a monkey on it and the 25 rupee featured a pony.
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Why do Cockneys call a house a drum?

Drum and Bass is Cockney slang for Place.

The word drum was originally used to describe a room or prison cell or even a road. It then became confined to only mean the home. Finally this was rhymed with Drum and Bass giving its modern interpretation.
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What is a cockle in Cockney slang?

Cockle is Cockney slang for 10 pounds (tenner).
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What does treacle mean in Cockney slang?

(Cockney rhyming slang) Sweetheart (from treacle tart).
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What does Uncle Ned mean?

Noun. Uncle Ned (uncountable) (Cockney rhyming slang) bed.
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What does alright treacle mean?

Definition of treacle

noun. contrived or unrestrained sentimentality: a movie plot of the most shameless treacle.
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What is a brass in Cockney slang?

Brass is Cockney slang for Prostitute.
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Why does rabbit mean talk?

In British English, "to rabbit (on about something)" is "to talk", and it appears that it comes from rhyming slang ("rabbit & pork" = "talk", shortened to "rabbit").
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Why is 200 called a bottle?

bottle = two pounds, or earlier tuppence (2d), from the cockney rhyming slang: bottle of spruce = deuce (= two pounds or tuppence). Spruce probably mainly refers to spruce beer, made from the shoots of spruce fir trees which is made in alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties.
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What is egg in Cockney slang?

Clothes Peg is Cockney slang for Egg.
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