rhyming slang

noun

1. a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
2. a further removal from the original word intended by ellipsis of the rhyming part, as titfer for tit for tat for hat.

rhyming slang

noun

1. slang in which a word is replaced by another word or phrase that rhymes with it; for example, apples and pears meaning stairs

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhyming slang¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The punk movement started here, as did the infamous Cockney Rhyming Slang.

From The Daily Beast

Nose em is but a contraction of the rhyming slang, which see.

From Project Gutenberg

And now, if there is any secret about the rhyming slang, it is this—the rhyme is left out.

From Project Gutenberg

If the rhyming slang was ever, during its existence, regarded as a secret language, its secrecy has long since departed from it.

From Project Gutenberg