What is sailors cake in Cockney rhyming slang?

You are reading "farewell to the eastend" what are really great set of books they are. The term is actually "navy cake" and it means taking it from behind if you like- men, (blush). hope i can say that.
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What is Cockney rhyming slang for cake?

Sexton Blake is Cockney slang for Cake.
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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 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 cockle mean in Cockney rhyming slang?

Cockle is Cockney slang for 10 pounds (tenner).
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What's the lemon Cockney?

Lemon and Lime is Cockney slang for Crime.
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What does Tommy Tank mean?

Tommy Tank is Cockney slang for Bank.

More slang for bank. More definitions for Tommy Tank.
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Why is your bum called your Harris?

Aris is Cockney slang for Arse.

In this case the phrase Bottle and Glass became rhyming slang for Artse . Then Bottle because Aristotle , which was finally shortened just to Aris .
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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 does haddock mean in Cockney slang?

Haddock and Bloater is Cockney slang for Motor.
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What is egg in Cockney slang?

Clothes Peg is Cockney slang for Egg.
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How do you say Girl in Cockney?

Ocean Pearl is Cockney slang for Girl.
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Why is a house called a gaff?

Then there's the British slang meaning of gaff for the place where one lives (“come round my gaff for a coffee”), which is almost certainly derived from the use of gaff in the eighteenth-century to mean a fair, and later a cheap music-hall or theatre (as in the infamous penny gaff) and which probably comes from the ...
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What does Jaffa mean in Cockney slang?

(slang) An impotent or infertile male.
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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 does brown bread mean in Cockney?

Many of us know that "brown bread" is Cockney rhyming slang for dead, "china plate" for mate, and "bubble bath" for laugh.
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What does down the Kermit mean in Cockney slang?

Kermit is Cockney slang for Road.
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What does sherbet mean in Cockney rhyming slang?

"Sherbet" as slang for alcoholic drinks

Sherbet has been used in parts of both the UK and Australia as slang for an alcoholic drink, especially beer.
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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 are glasses called bins?

On the subject of 'bins' this expression is the cockney rhyming slang for glasses, as in reading glasses, so if someone is having trouble looking up a number in a telephone book you might say put on your 'bins'.
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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 does Burke mean in cockney rhyming slang?

A mild insult, approximating to 'fool', derived from the cockney rhyming slang 'Berkeley Hunt', meaning 'cunt'. The alternative 'Berkshire Hunt' ... Introduction.
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What does Berkshire Hunt mean?

slang British. An incompetent, objectionable, or annoying person; a berk.
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Where did rhyming slang come from?

Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent in the UK and Australia. It was first used in the early 19th century in the East End of London; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang.
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