What is Cockney rhyming slang for husband?

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

Trouble and Strife is Cockney slang for Wife.

Trouble and Strife is classic Cockney Rhyming Slang.
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What is Cockney rhyming slang for man?

Omi is Cockney slang for Man.
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What's the Cockney rhyming slang for mate?

China Plate is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Mate!
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What does Kermit mean in Cockney rhyming slang?

Kermit is Cockney slang for Road.
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What is Bob Martins slang for?

Bob Martins Rhyming slang for vitamins, named after the UK's pet healthcare brand.
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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 does Tommy Tank mean?

Tommy Tank is Cockney slang for Bank.
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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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What is Cockney slang for brother?

One and t'Other is Cockney slang for Brother.
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What does Uncle Ned mean?

Noun. Uncle Ned (uncountable) (Cockney rhyming slang) bed.
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What does having a butcher mean?

Definition of have/take a butcher's

British, informal. : to look at something This may be what we need. Have a butcher's.
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What is haddock slang for?

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

(Cockney rhyming slang) Sweetheart (from treacle tart).
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What does Filbert mean in Cockney?

Filbert was old British slang for the head.
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What is a cherry Hogg?

Cherry Hogg is Cockney slang for Dog.
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What is Jack and Danny slang for?

“Jack and Dani means something in Cockney rhyming slang….. Fanny. It means fanny.” GIVE HIM FIFTY GRAND IMMEDIATELY #loveisland. — Sophie Levin (@sophielevin11) June 4, 2018.
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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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Why is 500 a monkey?

The term was coined by British soldiers returning from India where the 500 rupee note of that era had a picture of a monkey on it. They used the term monkey for 500 rupees and on returning to England the saying was converted to sterling to mean £500.
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What does it mean when someone calls you a tom?

Princeton's WordNet. Tom, Uncle Tomnoun. (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
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What is cockney rhyming slang for boat?

Nanny Goat is Cockney slang for Boat.
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What does dog and bone mean in Cockney?

Noun. dog and bone (plural dog and bones) (Cockney rhyming slang, Australian rhyming slang) A telephone. Oi, keep the noise down! I'm talking to my old lady on the dog and bone.
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What does Dicky mean in Cockney?

dicky (plural dickies) (colloquial) A louse. (Cockney rhyming slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
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What does Poppy mean in Cockney slang?

From cockney rhyming slang, bread and honey = money, and which gave rise to the secondary rhyming slang 'poppy', from poppy red = bread. Bread also has associations with money, which in a metaphorical sense can be traced back to the Bible.
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