Of+Cockneys
91English — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. British, Britannic, Anglian, Anglican, Anglic, Anglo , England s, His Majesty s, Her Majesty s, Commonwealth, non Celtic, Anglicized, insular, English speaking, Anglo Saxon, Saxon, Norman, Limey*; see also Anglo Saxon . n …
92rhyming slang — n [U] BrE a way of talking, used especially by ↑cockneys (=people from east London) , in which you use words or phrases that rhyme with the words you mean, instead of using the normal words. For example, plates of meat is rhyming slang for feet …
93cockney or Cockney — cock|ney or Cock|ney [ kakni ] noun 1. ) count someone born in the EAST END (=eastern central part) of London, especially a working class person 2. ) uncount a type of informal English that cockneys speak ╾ cock|ney adjective: a cockney accent …
94cockney — (No cap.) A native of London’s East End; pl. cockneys …
95bottle — I. n British courage, bravery, nerve , especially in the phrases to have a lot of bottle , to lose one s bottle and his/her bottle s gone . It derives from bottle and glass , rhyming slang for arse. Most users of bottle are ignorant of its… …
96chutzpah — n daring effrontery, impressive cheek. The word, pronounced hootspar , is via Yiddish from the Hebrew huspah (bra zenness, audacity); it has been in use among non Jewish Americans since at least the mid 1960s, but only appeared in the mid 1970s… …
97cobblers — n British nonsense, rubbish, balls. A popular example of rhyming slang (from cob bler s awls ) which is often used in igno rance of its vulgar derivation. Formerly used literally by cockneys to mean the testicles, the word is old, but was given… …
98dosh — n British money. This is a working class term from the early 1950s which was falling out of use in the 1960s, but which, like many similar words (bunce, loot, lolly, etc.), was revived in the money conscious late 1980s. It is a favourite with… …
99fruity — adj 1. British sexually suggestive or provoca tive. In the former sense the word has become a common colloquialism, as in fruity jokes/stories, etc. In the latter sense it remains a more restricted slang term in use especially among British… …
100handsome — adj British excellent, impressive. An all purpose term of approval used by cockneys and other Londoners, sometimes standing alone as an exclamation. The h is usu ally dropped …
